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Growing up in Britain
The decade that never really left
Before streaming, scrolling and next-day delivery, ordinary things felt like events. This is where we remember them.
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Insert imagination
Mini Space Invaders
Move with the arrow keys or A and D. Fire with Space — or use the buttons below.
Score 0000
Lives 3
Press Start game to play.
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Fresh from the time capsule
Memory Lane
Why Saturday mornings belonged to us
Pyjamas, cereal and a television schedule that turned an ordinary morning into an event.
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Biggles: Adventures in Time
A gloriously peculiar British adventure that throws warplanes, time travel and 1980s London into one film.
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The Spectrum: rubber-key magic returns
A full-size recreation with modern connections. Is it still fun once the nostalgia settles?
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Life
Surviving the 80s in the UK
No Helmets, No Phones, No Second Thoughts There was a very specific sound to childhood in 1980s Britain: the rattle of a Raleigh Burner […]
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80s Kids TV and the Magic of After-School Shows
The sound of the front door, the school bag hitting the floor, and 80s kids TV 80s kids TV was not just something you watched. […]
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Food
The Golden Age of 70s and 80s British Easter Eggs
Before the era of moulded plastic inserts and minimalist packaging, British Easter eggs were an event. We look back at the thick cardboard, the […]
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Every corner of the decade, rewound.
The mission
No rose-tinted specs required.
Eighties Replay celebrates the brilliant, baffling and occasionally terrible bits of the decade — with honest reviews, personal memories and plenty of “I’d forgotten all about that” moments.
1980–89Ten loud years