Star Wars toys really rose into the stratosphere in 1980, with the release of the second film, The Empire Strikes Back . Kids were by the...

Alan Bradley (Mark Eden) was the most chilling Coronation Street character of the 1980s. Slowly but surely, we saw the facade of an ordinar...

As the festive season approaches, we thought we'd give you some fun and possibly something to celebrate with our 1980s Pop Lyrics compe...

"I don't believe it! The 1980s? That's all we bloody well need!" says Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson) seen here with his w...

The 1980s were a fabulous time for TV ads - and who better than Su Pollard, then riding high as Peggy in Hi-De-Hi! , to illustrate that fac...

Thank heavens this wall isn't slithery! Some lovely e-mails which made me smile! Tangie writes: Do you remember those really shiny, lig...

Continuing our series of articles geared towards celebrating Corrie in the 1980s, as the show heads towards its 50th anniversary on 9 Decemb...

' 80s moments - what do you remember? Much is said and written about the "Greed Is Good" 1980s. But what were they really lik...

Coronation Street celebrates its 50th anniversary on 9 December, and here at '80s Actual we've been getting all dewy-eyed remembe...

' 80s pop culture items - Gilbert The Alien Bendy Toy from 1989, a mid-1980s ghetto blaster , a clockwork Pac-Man , two mobile phones ,...

A Sun newspaper "Page 7 Fella" from February 1985. Note the 1980s bouffant mullet hairdo!  The Sun Page 7 Fella caused a st...

The Rubik's Cube dominated 1981. Christine has written to ask me about the early 1980s: You seem to have a great deal of knowledge, and ...

He joined Radio 1 in January 1980 to do a Saturday night show. After a spot of hopping around the schedules, in 1981 he got the weekday afte...

Alternative comedian Alexei Sayle gave us novelty chart hit 'Ullo John! Gotta A New Motor? in 1984. Apparently originally released in 1...

Let's take a look at some 1980s televisions. Forget those silly programmes you've watched which infer that we were all watching funk...