Born in the 1980s?
Here's what shaped your world.
SHOULDER PADS AND SYNTH POP
The 1980s were defined by big hair, bigger ambition and synthesisers. Thatcher's Britain was polarised and passionate — Live Aid filled Wembley, the miners struck, and the ZX Spectrum introduced a generation to home computing. Pop music had never been so colourful.
Life in the 1980s
Pint of Beer
70p
Average House
£31,000
Prime Minister
Thatcher / Major
Longest-running UK No. 1s of the 1980s
“Two Tribes”
Frankie Goes to Hollywood · 1984
“Karma Chameleon”
Culture Club · 1983
“Hello”
Lionel Richie · 1984
“I Just Called to Say I Love You”
Stevie Wonder · 1984
“Ride on Time”
Black Box · 1989
“Stand and Deliver”
Adam and the Ants · 1981
“Don't You Want Me”
The Human League · 1981
“Uptown Girl”
Billy Joel · 1983
“Only You”
The Flying Pickets · 1983
“Relax”
Frankie Goes to Hollywood · 1984
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Popular UK TV Shows of the 1980s
Coronation Street
ITV
Only Fools and Horses
BBC One
EastEnders
BBC One
Famous Faces Born in the 1980s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Theo James
Actor & musician
16 December 1984
Pac
Wrestler
22 August 1986
Robert Pattinson
Actor & film producer
13 May 1986
Andrew Garfield
Actor
20 August 1983
Charlie Hunnam
Actor
10 April 1980
Juno Temple
Actress
21 July 1989
Rebecca Hall
Actress & filmmaker
3 May 1982
Lewis Hamilton
Racing driver
7 January 1985
Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
A Car of the 1980s
Ford Escort
Favourite Sweets of the 1980s
Mars Bar
Wispa
Twirl
Freddo
Toffee Crisp
Drumstick Lollies
Top Toys & Games of the 1980s
Care Bears
My Little Pony
Transformers
Game Boy
Cabbage Patch Kids
Your Generation
Millennial
Came of age with Tony Blair's Britain — Cool Britannia, Britpop, dial-up internet, university for everyone, the 7/7 attacks, and the 2008 financial crisis that crushed early careers.
Year by year: the 1980s
Prices, events and music for each year of the decade.
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