The UK embraced the credit boom which opened up opportunities for buying your own home and accessories for the new 70s way of life. Adults discovered home brewing, new time-saving gadgets, duvets and the joy of a waterbed - all a welcome distraction from the mass strikes, blackouts and the Three Day Week that dominated the news.
Meanwhile, decimalisation arrived to confuse people at the tills and summer holidays got more adventurous with the emergence of the package holiday to European beach destinations.
With contributions from the likes of Shaun Ryder, Anneka Rice, Anthea Turner, Wayne Sleep, Courtney Pine, Charlie Higson, Zoe Lyons and Samira Ahmed.
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TVMAZE INFO v1.5
Title: The 1970s: Those Were the Days
Premiered: 2024
IMDB Link: NA
TVMaze Link: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/77277/the
Episode Link: https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2880357/the
Genre: NA
Type: Documentary
User Rating: NA
Country: GB
Language: English
Network: Channel 5
Status: Running
Premiered: 2024
Airdate: 2024-05-25
Plot: This series presents an affectionate look back at what it was
like living through the early 1970s in Britain. The news stories, fads
fashions, and new essential items of a decade that moved into colour and
changed everything. From Marc Bolan and David Bowie setting the new era of
glam rock, eye-liner on men and the biggest platform heels and kids
obsessing over new toys and transport like Clackers, Choppers and the Space
hopper
