Best Year Ever… 1978 (More4 Wednesday 28 December 2022)

1978: In this nostalgic and pop culture-filled series narrated by Craig Charles, we revisit the years 1978, 1982, 1994, and 2000 through the lens of their respective musical and cultural landmarks.

We delve into the incredible archive and comment from sometimes bewildered contributors on everything from global events and greatest hits to defining fashions and standout stories.

Some events altered the course of history, while others seem so outlandish in comparison to our own time that we can hardly fathom they ever happened. Can we even fathom what life was like before cell phones and the internet? No WIFI?!

While listening to an incredible collection of hits, we dissect the history of modern Britain and trace the evolution of social mores as they changed over time.

Gyles Brandreth, Jenny Eclair, John Thomson, Sarah Cawood, Stuart Maconie, Angela Barnes, Terry Christian, Robert Elms, Shazia Mirza, Kojo Anim, and Patrick Monahan all chipped in.

In the first episode, it’s 1978, and as the country braces for the “Winter of Discontent,” the characters play with space hoppers, SodaStreams, and Simon Says to pass the time.

At the tail end of the punk movement, a young Kate Bush makes a spectacular debut with the most out-of-place number one single in history, Wuthering Heights.

Quick-and-easy meals are becoming more commonplace in American households, and Grange Hill has successfully introduced a dose of realism to children’s television. Meanwhile, women are stereotyped in advertising as either helpless housewives who can’t do their own dishes or alluring saleswomen who will buy anything.

Airdate: Wednesday 28 December 2022 at 9.00pm on More4.

Season 1 Episode 4

Featured Image Credit: More4