Controversially 1979 That Was The Year That Was (2023)

Jan Leeming narrates a look back at key events in TV, film, showbusiness and politics in 1979, including Monty Python causing a storm of protest with Biblical parody The Life of Brian, while The Kenny Everett Video Show upset moral campaigner Mary Whitehouse. It was a year dominated by industrial disputes and the so-called Winter of Discontent, with the upshot that Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female prime minister.