Celebrating 40 years of Channel 4 with our 3×60′ series on the ’80s.
Channel 4′ has announced Truth or Dare season, which aims to celebrate it’s 40 years as a broadcaster that pushes boundaries. The season will air this winter along with a range of thought-provoking commissions, including our three-part series The 80’s: The Future is Now. The series tells a story of ‘80s Britain in a new way: how a cocktail of politics, culture and technology – along with some extraordinary personalities – reshaped the nation and arguably, the world.
“THE 80s: THE FUTURE IS NOW is a story of 80s Britain that’s never been told: how a cocktail of politics, culture and technology – along with some extraordinary personalities – reshaped the nation and, indeed, the world. But it’s not simply about the past; the series will serve as a prism for our present, a non-partisan letter to the future showing how sometimes as a nation when we are our most divided we are also at our most brilliant
This is a new and eye-opening account of the 1980s. It’s the story of how – in a decade of division and conflict – Britain reinvented herself through radical politics, ferocious culture wars and futuristic technology. And by doing so, how she laid the foundations for the world we live in today.
Across the episodes, we’ll see: how the threat of nuclear Armageddon dominated politics and seeped into Britain’s psyche, but how we influenced the Cold War in ways no one could have imagined; how moral panic and traditional values dominated the West, before British culture brought about change by stealth; and how Thatcher’s Britain replaced coal with computers to pioneer some of technology’s biggest innovations”.
Ian Katz said: “From musical satire about Prince Andrew to an exploration of cancel culture in art via men with very large penises, this season shows that Channel 4 is still as mischievous, disruptive and distinctive as when it was born 40 years ago…Instead of a nostalgia-thon of highlights from the last four decades, we are celebrating with a collection of irreverent, thought-provoking and hugely entertaining shows that no other broadcaster would air. If we must age, we plan to do it disgracefully.”
