Super weird TV presenter Max Headroom... Now what was all that about? I found the lowdown on Mr Headroom in a magazine article from May 19...

In 1980, Post Office Telecommunications became British Telecom and would become a totally separate public corporation on 1 October 1981. A p...

Skyrunning with Anneka Rice. Destination: a ship at sea? The top of a lighthouse? The narrow deck of a submarine freshly risen from th...

Renee (Madge Hindle): Beware of the lorries! A lovely e-mail from Wendy, who says: I've been watching episodes of Coronation Street from...

Shanice writes: Please, please, please answer my question! I've been getting into Depeche Mode and I know the band formed in Basildon,...

Twirling back to 1989 and the final year of our decade of uproar with a look at fashion. Chris Rea, of course, knew all about being on the ...

1982 was a surprising year for police officer Michael Long - he became Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff), field operative for FLAG, and gain...

The Chernobyl disaster - and a rise in radiation levels across Europe. Poor old ignorant me was caught out in a downpour just after it hap...

Here's Nick Berry, EastEnders Simon Wicks (or "Wicksy"), all togged up in his 1980s gear with a very classy motor. Simon was,...

1980s memories galore here - from screencaps to snippets from magazines and newspapers, with a few other bits and bobs chucked in. Click on ...

Jack Sugden (Clive Hornby) reflects on life at Emmerdale Farm in the 1980s. I 've just been transported back to 1983 to spend some time ...

Back to 1980 and 1987 for two of my favourite Chistmas hits of all-time. Merry Christmas to '80s Actual readers - and thanks xx

Christmas is just around the corner, and I'm startled by the suddenness of it all! Where did 2011 go? Anyway, to celebrate the forthco...

Heady days for George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. Asked in 1984 what makes a great pop song, they replied: George: "A great pop song h...

What a year was 1984... Sir Alec Jeffreys at Leicester University, England, discovered DNA fingerprinting - entirely accidentally; Trivia...