Looking ahead to 2016
Category: News Release
7 December 2015
Hello! Welcome to 2016. Yes, of course, in your slow-moving, traditional world, constrained by the universal laws of time and physics (yawn) it’s still 2015. But we’re Channel 4. Here it’s already 2016, and this is just a teensy morsel of the televisual smorgasbord we’ll be serving up.
Drama & Comedy
Deutschland 83
“It’s only January but let’s call it already: coolest show of the year” - Grazia
“This is the next subtitled sensation……..unmissable TV” - Radio Times
“Your new subtitled obsession” - The Guardian
“Evocative and gripping…” - The Daily Mail
“Great fun” - The Daily Telegraph
A taut and gripping 8-part thriller. It’s 1983. The Cold War is heating up. Russian SS20 Missiles in East Germany are pointed West, American Pershing II Missiles will soon be placed in West Germany, to point East. The very real threat of nuclear conflict looms. Deutschland 83 follows Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay), a 24 year old East Germany native, who is thrust from the world as he knows and sent over the wall to the West as an undercover spy for the Stasi. Hiding in plain sight in the West German army, he must gather the secrets of NATO military strategy while trying to resist the pleasures that the West has to offer. Everything is new to him, nothing is quite what it seems and everyone he encounters is harbouring secrets.
Crashing
Written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Broadchurch, Bad Education, Fleabag), Crashing crashes straight into the lives and loves of six twenty-to-thirty-something adults living together as property guardians in a disused hospital. It's about that time in your life when the reality of being an adult kicks you hard in the crotch. This time you’re not someone’s kid, you’re not a student, and you’re not fresh out of uni. This time you’re a grown-up. In an age of unaffordable housing and sky-high rents, becoming a Property Guardian has never been so appealing, with thousands of people paying as little as £25 a week to live in unoccupied buildings in exchange for 'protecting' the property from disrepair. Just imagine waking up every morning in your own historic building in the most exciting city in the world. Even if it is an enormous, creepy, derelict hospital
Fresh Meat
In the fourth and final series, the end of University life is drawing closer and when JP’s (Jack Whitehall) brother pays an unexpected visit, it’s a wakeup call for all the housemates. JP is told it’s time to knuckle down if he wants to land a safe job in the family firm, but is he made of the right stuff? Vod (Zawe Ashton) is wrestling with a debt that could sink a small Euro state, while Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie), now Student Union President, plans her legacy. Kingsley (Joe Thomas) finds himself in an unconventional relationship. Howard (Greg McHugh) is headed for a first Class degree, until some unexpected news sends him spiralling. And poor 2nd year Josie (Kimberley Nixon) faces the prospect of being without her friends for next year…
Indian Summers
Rachel Griffiths, Art Malik and James Fleet join Julie Walters and the rest of the cast of Channel 4’s record-breaking drama series Indian Summers in this second series. It’s the summer of 1935 – a season where old allegiances will be broken and new ones forged, where unbridled passions run wild and where revolution hangs heavy in the air. An assassination attempt on the Viceroy Lord Willingdon (Patrick Malahide), and the surprise arrival of Lord Hawthorne (James Fleet), puts Ralph’s (Henry Lloyd-Hughes) future in the balance. Meanwhile, Cynthia’s (Julie Walters) Royal Simla Club plays host to an important royal guest, the Maharaja Maritpur (Art Malik) and his elegant and mysterious mistress Sirene (Rachel Griffiths). Aafrin (Nikesh Patel) is embroiled in an intricate, dangerous and violent game of cat and mouse as he finds himself part of the escalating independence campaign alongside the beautiful and passionate Kaira (Sugandha Garg) and the unpredictable and volatile Naresh (Arjun Mathur). Alice’s (Jemima West) world is thrown into turmoil by the arrival of her estranged and abusive husband, Charlie Havistock (Blake Ritson). As the fight for Indian independence intensifies, all those who converge in Simla during this pivotal summer will find their loyalties tested, their relationships strained to breaking point and their world, as they know it, facing irrevocable change.
The Aliens, E4
Scabrously funny, shockingly violent and at times positively hallucinogenic, The Aliens is a wry and riotous adventure into a world that is at once entirely familiar and absolutely strange. It’s a culture clash, a gangster epic, but fundamentally it is an all too human search for acceptance and identity. Aliens have been among us since they crash-landed in the UK 40 years ago. Though they look and behave exactly like us, they are forced to live a segregated life, behind a huge wall in a ghetto called Troy. It’s a hedonistic and ramshackle town, unpoliced and filled with gangs who make a living smuggling alien hair out of Troy to be smoked as a drug by humans. Lewis is a border guard who mans the checkpoint between Troy and the human side of the wall. In common with most humans, he regards the aliens who pass through the checkpoint to do menial jobs on the human side of town as second class citizens. But when he discovers that he is the world’s first half-alien, he finds himself drawn into a world of divided loyalties and a search for his own identity.
Michael Socha (This Is England, Being Human) stars as the mild-mannered Lewis whose world is turned upside down when he discovers the criminal underbelly of Troy as he searches for answers to who he really is. Michaela Coel (Top Boy, Chewing Gum) is Lilyhot, an enigmatic and alluring alien who is deeply embroiled in one of Troy’s criminal gangs. When Lewis crosses her path, her fate and his become inextricably entwined. Joining them are Michael Smiley (Black Mirror, Kill List), Ashley Walters (Top Boy, Hustle), Holli Dempsey (Derek, New Worlds) and Trystan Gravelle (Mr Selfridge, Anonymous).
Raised By Wolves
“It’s hard not to be swept away by the sheer brio of Caitlin and Caz Moran’s sitcom” – Daily Telegraph
Critically acclaimed comedy written by Caitlin and Caroline Moran, Raised By Wolves is set to return for a second 6x30 series. Set on a Wolverhampton council estate, it is a modern day re-imagining of the brilliant chaos of Caitlin and Caz’s childhood – loads of kids, no money and home-schooling. Stars Rebekah Staton, Helen Monks, Alexa Davies, and Philip Jackson.
Flowers
Written and directed by BAFTA nominated Will Sharpe, Flowers is an imaginative, cinematic comedy about an eccentric family struggling to hold themselves together. Husband and wife Maurice (Julian Barratt) and Deborah (Olivia Colman) live in a crumbling old house with Maurice's fruitcake mother Hattie (Leila Hoffman) and their maladjusted twenty five year old twins Amy (Sophia di Martino) and Donald (Daniel Rigby): both competing for the same girl and continually failing to burst through the confines of their absurdly arrested development. As Maurice fights inner demons and dark secrets, Deborah tries to keep the family together at all costs.
Specialist Factual
Calling Blighty (w/t)
Oxford Scientific Films (OSF), in association with Manchester’s North West Film Archive and the Imperial War Museums, has been commissioned to produce a 1 x 60’ special for Channel 4, honouring Britain’s “Forgotten Army” through unique filmed messages they sent home to their nearest and dearest.
For these troops - fighting a savage battle against the Japanese in Burma and India - home leave wasn’t possible, post was slow, and sometimes letters didn’t get home at all. Some left behind pregnant wives or elderly parents who would pass away before they returned, or young children who would barely recognise them by the time they came.
Wall of Death – Live (w/t)
Daredevil Guy Martin will attempt to set a world speed record live on Channel 4. Guy will turn the ‘Wall of Death’ – the most dangerous fairground side show ever devised - into the most daring live TV event of the year.
The ‘Wall of Death’ is an epic stunt that involves riding a motorcycle around a vertical wall at high speeds. This spectacle dates back to the early 1900s and became a popular staple of travelling fairgrounds across America and Britain. Guy and his support team of scientists and engineers plan to revive this stunt in epic fashion by attempting to set a Wall of Death world speed record.
SAS: Who Dares Wins Series 2
The new 6 x 60 series of SAS: Who Dares Wins will see the same ex-Special Forces team put a new group of civilians through the jungle phase of Selection – a key stage of the regiment’s entry tests that ups the pressure on recruits after the Wales-based tasks seen in the first series. Once again, every task they undertake will be taken from real SAS Selection, the series will be shot with minimal interference for maximum authenticity, and it will concentrate as much on psychological as physical fitness.
The first series has been described as ‘the best show on television’ (The Sun), a ‘thoroughly-addictive series’ (Daily Mail) ‘superior entertainment’ (Daily Telegraph) with The Guardian commenting: ‘The watermark for challenging reality shows has reached a new high.’
Grayson Perry: All Man
Who better to explore the subject of contemporary masculinity than frock-wearing, mountain-biking, father of one and chronicler of modern manners, Turner Prize-winning artist, BAFTA Award-winning presenter Grayson Perry? In his new series, Grayson Perry: All Man (w/t) Grayson will explore the changing lives and changing expectations of men in modern Britain.
This is Perry’s third series for Channel 4, following the success of his two previous BAFTA-Award winning series: All in the Best Possible Taste in 2012 and Grayson Perry: Who Are You? in 2014. As in his previous series, Grayson will spend time with men from different parts of society and make a number of artworks which will aim to distill the essence of his discoveries, before revealing them to the men who inspired them.
Heston’s Space Food (w/t)
This documentary will follow the real scientific adventures of Heston Blumenthal and his team, as they work closely with the UK Space Agency, ESA and NASA and attempt to revolutionise the previously limited world of space food, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the most scientific of ways.
British Astronaut Tim Peake’s six month mission at the International Space Station launches on the 15th December, where he will rocket into Space. Before he left, he set one challenge, to Heston Blumenthal. The task was to shake up the menu and create seven dishes that would remind Tim of home, helping him combat the emotional impact of his journey. Heston takes Tim on a nostalgic journey of his childhood with every bite, provides much-needed comfort food and creates the quintessential cup of tea – the first to be sipped in Space. In the meantime, ensuring of course that the nutritional value is not lost, whilst introducing multi-sensory, gravity defying food.
At the centre of Heston’s Space Food (w/t) will be Heston’s quest to push the boundaries of how we eat, delving into the biology of how our bodies react to being in space and how the physics and chemistry of eating can be changed within this environment. We follow Heston’s unfolding challenges, as he races against time and strict NASA food regulations to create foods that not only taste out of this world, but can be consumed in Space and most importantly at Zero
Documentaries
The Zoo
Chester Zoo is Britain’s most popular zoo hosting 1.4 million visitors every year. But few visitors ever see the world explored in this major new Channel 4 series. Using a range of filming techniques, including a micro-rig to capture animal behaviour close up, The Secret Life of the Zoo (working title) will take viewers behind the scenes – capturing in intimate detail both the remarkable behaviour of the animals and their close relationships with their keepers.
From a giraffe baby dropping six feet through the air as it’s born - to tigers moving house - to a pregnant viper being x-rayed, the series will present these spectacular rites of passage in the lives of rare animals as never before.
The series will also document not only the huge logistical operation required behind the scenes to keep 12,500 animals from 450 species fed, watered and happy but explore how the zoo has achieved breakthroughs in breeding rare and endangered species in captivity.
The Girl Who Forgave the Nazis Jan
Focused on the recent trial of 94 year old ex-Auschwitz accountant Oskar Groening, The Girl Who Forgave the Nazis tells one last unforgettable story from the holocaust. The trial led to worldwide controversy when one survivor, 81 year old Eva Kor, publicly forgave and embraced Oskar Groening in court. The image of their hug went viral. Incredibly, Eva forgave Groening despite the fact that almost all her family were killed in the Auschwitz gas chambers, and she and her twin sister Miriam were subjected to horrific medical experiments at the hands of notorious Nazi Doctor Mengeles. Both nearly died.
Eva believes her message of forgiveness can help change the world. But it made no difference at all to the outcome of the trial. Groening was found guilty of being an accomplice to the mass murder of 400,000 Jews and sentenced to 4 years in prison. His disturbing story is told by prosecutor and Nazi hunter Gunther Feld. We also hear the emotional stories of the last survivors living in Britain, who as children lost their families at Auschwitz yet somehow miraculously survived. Haunted by the horror of Auschwitz and what happened to them, some are angry at what Eva did, feeling the memory of their lost loved ones has been betrayed.
This deeply moving film documents the remarkable journey that led Eva to forgive the Nazis. It is an extraordinary account of terrible evil, survival against all the odds and great humanity.
Royal Navy School Feb
Royal Navy School follows a diverse group of young men and women with their sights set on a career that with push them to the limit and take them around the globe: The Royal Navy. With unprecedented, behind-the-scenes access to HMS Raleigh in Cornwall, Royal Navy Sailor School will take a candid look at the journey which transforms them into sailors. Every week a new intake of approximately 60 fresh-faced recruits join the training scheme at HMS Raleigh. Through a network of fixed rig cameras, the series will follow men and women from the moment they arrive at HMS Raleigh to the moment they pass out – if they make it. The recruits will be expected to learn self-discipline, teamwork, problem solving all while developing the Navy’s core values of Commitment, Courage, Discipline, Respect, Integrity and Loyalty.
Over 50 cameras will capture two classes of 16-37 year-olds as they embark on the 10-week intensive Initial Navy Training course which will put them to the ultimate test – from stretcher runs to high ropes, Weapons Handling and 20km treks to Mess Deck hijinks.
First Cut: The Ballroom Boys
In the world of competitive ballroom there’s a serious shortage of young male dancers, and hundreds of girls lining up for every boy. First Cut: The Ballroom Boys - a one-off observational documentary by first-time director Carla Wright - follows four of these rare boys, from a small part of the South Wales Valleys, as they head towards the biggest competition of their dancing lives so far… the UK Championships in Bournemouth.
The Ballroom Boys train six days a week and compete most Sundays. They’re serious about winning, and so are their mums. But as they gear up to compete against the best in Britain, our boys don’t just have the pressure of the competition to contend with. In an area where rugby is a local obsession, it isn’t easy to go against the grain. Even more so when dance competitions require the boys to wear makeup and fake tan, which doesn’t wash off before school. Facing disapproval from peers, friends and even fathers, when the competition is over, will any of the boys decide the pressure isn’t worth it?
The Children’s Hospital
With unprecedented access, The Children’s Hospital (w/t) explores just some of the 270,000 patient and family visits that take place every year at Birmingham Children's Hospital. The documentary follows children and their families throughout both their visit to the hospital and at home where we’ll talk to both kids and their parents about their worries, fears and hopes in 21st century Britain.
The series will allow viewers to see everything from the drama of a Children’s Emergency Department, the bedside of the largest intensive care in Europe and life-changing surgery to conversations round the dinner table at home and the fraught but often light-hearted journey to the hospital.
First Dates Series 5
The tables are set and the drinks are on ice as the First Dates restaurant prepares to welcome a new batch of single people looking for romance. The unique restaurant in which every diner is on a real blind date is throwing open its doors once more.
The hopeful daters have been paired by First Dates’ team of matchmakers based on their likes and dislikes, and will meet their potential love match for the very first time in the restaurant.
For some pairings, it’ll be their first and last date. For others, with a bit of charm, it might just be the beginning of a lifelong relationship. What happens next is up to them, but at the end of each meal they’ll be asked the big question: ‘Will you see each other again?’
First Cut: Alex Lewis (w/t)
First-time filmmaker Leonardo Machado charts the story of a man fighting to rebuild his life after a devastating infection took his limbs, parts of his face and his independence.
Father Alex Lewis came down with a common cold in late 2013 which quickly developed into septicaemia and toxic shock syndrome. With less than a 3 per cent chance of survival, doctors fought to save Alex. From arriving back to his family home and readjusting his relationships, to taking his first steps, this film delves into some of the raw moments that shape his days.
Starting just days after he lost his last limb, Machado follows Alex’s incredible journey as he seeks his purpose in life, rebuilds his relationships and reinvents himself.
First Cut: Bus Pass Body Builders (w/t)
Features
Food Unwrapped NY Diet Special
After the indulgences of Christmas, January is the month of misery when we have to cut back on all the things we love to eat in a bid to be more healthy.
In this episode we ask the question ‘Can you still have treats in January when you’re on a diet?’ Jimmy, Kate and Matt explore the science behind the diet versions of some of our favourite treats, and amazingly discover how some things we might think are bad for us might actually be good to eat when you’re on a diet!
What Britain Bought in 2015
What Britain Bought in 2015 is an eye-opening and intriguing, look back at how we shopped in 2015 and what our £6billion a week shopping habit says about us.
Mary Portas will present the products that were our must-haves’, ‘can’t-resists’ and ‘why-did-we-ever purchases of 2015.
With exclusive inside information from the nation's biggest retailers including M&S, Lakeland, Waitrose, Superdrug JD Sports, John Lewis, and more, Mary will lift the lid on a year of British spending and hear from the high street buyers, trend forecasters and retail gurus who spotted their potential – but also divulging which products took them by surprise.
She will reveal how our 2015 shopping choices reflect the big, small and forgotten events of the year - giving us a unique insight into the changing mood of the Nation. If you haven’t purchased a spiraliser, adult colouring book or grown a beard whilst sipping from a magnum of Prosecco– where have you been?!
Crash Test Dieters
In Britain today a massive 11 million of us – almost 1 in 6 – are on some form of diet, many in a bid to slim down for a particular event that falls within our own glaring self-imposed deadlines. In Crash Test Dieters, produced by Little Gem, Dr Xand Van Tulleken and dietician Hala El-Shafie will be on hand as six dieters attempt diets which claim to be able to blitz the bulge.
They will be embarking on diets across three different imposed time scales – 7 to 10 days, 6 weeks, and 4 months in a bid to reflect what slimmers across the nation attempt to do every day. Do the diet claims work and are they achievable? Are the cons worth the pros? And what are the innocent-looking food bombs which will blow up your diet?
Bodyshockers: My Hell
Katie Piper returns for a third series to meet the people who desperately regret their often extreme body modifications and introduce them to others who are about to undergo similar radical procedures. From ridiculously big breasts, massive pumped up lips to regrettable tattoos, Katie will stage a dramatic intervention between those who want to permanently alter their faces or bodies and those who can’t wait to reverse them.
Katie will take her investigation even further by uncovering the latest bizarre beauty trends as well as meet those addicted to extreme body modifications.
Ugly House
A radical new design series, hosted by expert architect George Clarke will champion the power of great architecture to transform the undervalued and unloved British housing stock into exciting spaces in which to live.
In each programme, innovative and awarding-winning architects will grapple with an "ugly" house and remodel it into a home that works and excites the owners. The results will be surprising, inspiring, and challenge our ideas about homes we want to buy and how we live in the 21st century.
Big transformations will be underpinned by a sense of real and positive social purpose, sticking to average budgets of around £50,000. For a generation, who thought they would never be able to afford their own home, this series will inspire them to look at a whole swathe of housing stock in a brand new way.
Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb
Following a successful second series for More4, Selling Houses returns for a third series.
The property show fronted by Amanda Lamb, sets out to give house-sellers an opportunity to check out their local competition by viewing other houses in the neighbourhood that are also up for sale. In each episode, Amanda works with three homeowners who are desperate to sell, offering advice about what changes they need to make to ensure that they stand out from the competition. The sellers have £1000 and one week to improve their homes, having learnt valuable lessons from their rival properties. Once the makeovers are complete, one prospective buyer must decide which home they prefer.
Factual Entertainment
Jamie & Jimmy's Friday Night Feast S4
After two successful runs, Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast is returning for a third series. Once again, the boys will be based out of their pop-up café at the end of Southend Pier, and will be joined by celebrity guests who will be serving up a series of incredible dishes. Jimmy will be back with more builds, this time given a twist; Jamie will be showing how to make spectacular dishes to share with friends and family; and the boys will be hitting the road once more to bring us revealing pieces about food waste and sustainability. Guests include Orlando Bloom, Goldie Hawn, David Tennant, Jack Whitehall, Anna Friel and Fearne Cotton
The Jump
Following a hugely successful second series earlier this year, The Jump - is set to return to Channel 4 for an epic third series in 2016. This time round The Jump is set to be even more thrilling with bigger jumps, tougher courses and more dramatic twists to keep the famous faces on their toes when they decamp to the Austrian slopes to compete in gruelling extreme winter sports.
For now details of the new series are still under wraps, but more information will be revealed soon.
The Undateables
The critically acclaimed The Undateables returns for a fifth series to following new extraordinary singletons looking for love. The series will also include catch ups to see how previous daters’ love lives have progressed – the last series captured an engagement, caught up with Brent & Challis who tied the knot in the first Undateables wedding and introduced the first Undateables baby.
‘Travel Man: 48 Hours In…’
A travel show, but not as we know it. Richard has a unique take on travelling. Believing that most of us get too stressed about holidays and spend far too much time on them, Richard will be showing us how to have the most efficient break possible, with all the boring bits taken out.
Consequently, Richard’s celebrity travel companions won’t have much time to kick back and relax. In this series they visit Vienna, Copenhagen, Moscow, Paris, Venice, Dubai but each trip will be treated with ruthless efficiency, no dilly-dallying or loafing allowed. Richard’s aim is to get maximum holiday value from the minimum time expended. He’s cold, he’s calculating, he’s ruthless. This is holiday making without mercy. So while we can join Richard on his travels, we’ll need to keep up.
Mary Portas Secret Shopper
Retail guru and customer service champion Mary Portas returns for a third series of Secret Shopper bringing her expertise to help a range of retailers who are in need of some fresh ideas to transform the customer experience and, in turn, their businesses.
The series will see Mary evaluate the business from shop floor to stock room and to help Mary will enlist some secret shoppers to find out what it’s really like to be a customer in the shops she has taken under her wing. Armed with this information Mary will show the staff and owners where they are going wrong and work with them to make changes, big and small, that she hopes will offer better service to their customers and increase profits. Mary will pull out all the stops to help businesses thrive – but will her advice be welcome?
Education
I Am The Perfect Man
This one off film will examine the rise in vanity among young men in modern Britain. Increased popularity of social media has meant sharing ‘selfies’ has become common place with young men sharing twice as many selfies as women the same age. Surprisingly it’s men, not women, who are proving themselves to be the far vainer sex.
Gyms across Britain have seen a surge in teen boys attempting to become ‘hench’, shredded and ripped’ and teen body building is booming, with competitions in vogue for this age category. Grooming and beauty treatments such as eyebrow waxing, blow dries and make-up, more commonly associated with women, are now being embraced by young men who are spending nearly as much as women on beauty products..
As body image becomes more and more important to young men, teens in particular are seeking constant approval online, encouraging each other to look better, bigger and even browner in their pursuit of the perfect body.
Entertainment
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything
To celebrate the dawn of another year, The Big Fat Quiz gets even bigger and fatter, letting loose on not just the year-gone-by but well...everything. Quizmaster General Jimmy Carr will be asking questions covering the last 100,000 years of human history to find out who deserves the title of Supreme Big Fat Quiz champion.
As always Jimmy will be joined by a panel of the best comedians in the business as well as superstar question setters, ably assisted by big fat favourites, such as Mitchell Brook Primary School and Jon Snow, as well as a whole host of brand new special rounds.
8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown
Jimmy and the gang are back as 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown returns for a brand new series packed with comedic conundrums. As ever, Jimmy Carr hosts the original comedy and quiz mash up show, with 8 out of 10 Cats team captains Sean Lock and Jon Richardson. Rachel Riley looks after the numbers whilst Countdown’s Susie Dent presides in Dictionary Corner.
Fresh comedy and showbiz guests this series include: Jason Manford, Richard Osman, Vic Reeves, Made in Chelsea’s Jamie Laing, Aisling Bea, Rob Beckett, Sara Pascoe, David O’Doherty, Isy Suttie and Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner Sam Simmons.
Derren Brown: The Push
In this one off special, master showman Derren Brown will be testing the psychological secrets of obedience and social compliance. Based in real scientific research and incorporating genuine psychological experiments, he will be lifting the lid on the truth that, when confronted with an authority figure, human nature is to unflinchingly obey. In this special, one unknowing participant will be attending a charity fundraising night orchestrated by Derren and his team, but an increasingly uncomfortable chain of events unfolds and we see how far they will be willing to go before they refuse to comply.
The Last Leg Road Trip
This two part series takes the award-winning gang from ‘The Last Leg’ into the wild and harsh terrain of the Australian Outback on the ultimate extreme road trip. Leaving behind their live studio audience, Alex Brooker, Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe will be guided through their adventures by Amar Latif, a charming and thrill seeking Scottish travel agent who also happens to be blind, and who decides to give them a difficult and dangerous road trip as far from their expectations as he can.
The Last Leg
The award-winning ‘The Last Leg’ returns live to Friday nights on Channel 4 with its unique brand of irreverent satire. Returning as host is Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker who together will tear into the week’s main talking points. Each week, Adam, Josh and Alex will be joined by a live studio audience and a weekly special celebrity guest.
Music
The 80s – Ten Years That Changed Britain
A brave new world of free market economics and massive shoulder pads, for one night only we return to ten years that changed everything. Featuring a guilty-pleasure loaded soundtrack, this 90 minute special - The 80’s – Ten Years That Changed Britain charts the most divisive decade in recent British history.
Left versus right, east versus west, rich versus poor, black versus white. In the 1980s conflict was everywhere but out of these hard fought battles was born a cultural and creative revolution that propelled Britain onto centre of the world stage.
Featuring candid interviews from the likes of: Tony Hadley, Martin Kemp, Richard Branson, Ridley Scott, Katherine Hamnett, Alexei Sayle, Mark Almond, Billy Bragg, Nigel Planer Lynne Franks, Adam Ant, Ken Livingstone, Julian Clary, Selina Scott and Eddie The Eagle to name a few.
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