In this short season of documentaries Channel 4 reassesses the 80s, a decade often associated with big hair and shoulder pads (and that was just the boys), but in fact a time of seismic change, the effects of which are still being felt today.
Property Revolution
Charts the social revolution resulting from Thatcher's radical Right to Buy legislation and visits some of the people whose lives changed for better and worse. Thatcher's policy altered the political landscape each party had to adjust its focus to appeal to a burgeoning, house-obsessed middle class.
The Storm and the Crash
Revisits the night in October 1987 when southern Britain was flattened by a hurricane. Only days later 'Black Monday' threatened to bring the country's economy to its knees. This film tells the story of these two cataclysmic events and the shockwaves they sent through Britain.
Heysel The Day English Football Died
Find out more about the tragedy and it's repercussions.

