It Was Alright in the...
It Was Alright in the... is a TV show on Channel 4. Narrated by Matt Lucas, It Was Alright in the... revisits the television of the past, featuring jaw-dropping clips and a range of bemused, amused and just plain horrified reactions The long-running program has been available since 2016. A total of 9 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2018.
Last broadcast:28/07/2018 at 23:10
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A look back at some dangerous 1970s TV, including Tony Blackburn in a cage of lions, and a Spike Milligan sitcom so out there it was taken off screens. With Bill Oddie, Jennie Bond and Samira Ahmed.
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Narrator Matt Lucas looks back at some jaw-dropping television from the 80s, when there was a lot of fear onscreen, from nuclear armageddon to glue-sniffing, video nasties and AIDS 47:29
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Matt Lucas narrates a look back at the wild TV of the 60s, with extraordinary clips, and also contributions from Joan Bakewell, Peter Purves and Valerie Singleton 47:29
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Matt Lucas narrates another set of eye-popping clips, this time from the era of cool Britannia, where boundaries were pushed by the likes of The Word and TFI Friday 47:30
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Matt Lucas narrates this trawl through 80s TV, a time of revolution, big hair, aggressive poets and monkeys playing tennis - on ice. With Chris Tarrant and Rustie Lee. 47:30
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Episode one offers a 70s-style education, revealing the toe-curling lessons that TV taught us about society and sexEpisodes 2017