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December 23, 2018

Season 1

01. Christmas 1988

Looking back to 1988, Grace Dent explores both how TV changes over the festive season and how the nation's viewing habits have changed between then and 2018.

December 23, 2018

02. Christmas 1979

Grace Dent explores how well the televisual fare of Christmas 1979 compares to what we enjoy today, 40 years on.

December 23, 2019

03. Summer TV Classics

Join Grace Dent on a televisual trip of a lifetime as she explores the sights, sounds and schedules of the great British summer.

July 29, 2020

04. Song and Dance Spectaculars

Grace Dent invites you to lose yourself on a joyful journey back through the BBC archives, celebrating the broadcaster's song and dance extravaganzas of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

November 20, 2020

05. Christmas 1995

Grace Dent embarks on a televisual trip back in time to December 1995, serving up an irreverent look back at the festive viewing options that faced the nation in the past.

December 19, 2020

06. Christmas 1991

Writer and broadcaster Grace Dent takes a televisual trip back in time to Christmas 1991, as she immerses herself in the sights, sounds and TV schedules of the past.

December 20, 2021

07. Christmas 1984

TV critic, writer and 1980s addict Grace Dent unwraps the TV schedules for 1984 and finds it was a case of Orwell that ends well, on another festive fun-packed dash through the BBC’s archives, examining all the small screen content that viewers were glued to four decades ago.

58min
December 28, 2024