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What We Loved Watching in 1985

Relive the shows that defined an iconic year

Grace Dent takes a televisual trip back in time to 1985.

Release date:

21 Dec 2025

A look back at one of snooker's golden moments, the 1985 World Championship final.

Release date:

04 May 2010

'I'm not about to get down on one knee, and propose marriage... But, I am responsible.'

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03 Oct 1985

A trip into the BBC’s archives for a selection of songs from 1985.

Release date:

14 Jun 2025

Screenwriter William Nicholson recalls the making of the 1985 BBC drama Shadowlands

Release date:

17 Dec 2025

Dave Allen explores the many illogical aspects of life with his own unique wit.

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08 Apr 1985

Moving drama, set in the 1950s, portraying the life of author CS Lewis.

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22 Dec 1985

The Cybermen are in the London sewers and turning humans into cybernetic slaves.

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05 Jan 1985

A group of 20 nurses from the NHS join Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps. (1985)

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27 Oct 1985

John Walters talks to B.B. King about his extraordinary life. (1985)

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27 Jul 1985

Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation.

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04 Nov 1985

Gary Davies, Janice Long, Dixie Peach, John Peel and Steve Wright present the hits of 1985

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25 Dec 1985

Including Status Quo, U2, Dire Straits, Spandau Ballet, Sting and Phil Collins.

Release date:

12 Jul 2025

Terry Wogan in conversation with June Whitfield, Marvin Mitchelson and Anthony Burgess.

Release date:

06 Sep 1985

Everyone has a plan to finish off General von Klinkerhoffen, but will anyone succeed?

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26 Dec 1985

Controversial film depicting the terrible consequences of a nuclear attack on Britain.

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31 Jul 1985

John Pitman presents a profile of a day in the Tower of London. (1985)

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29 Mar 1985

Meet characters who live near the No. 31 bus route from Camden Town to Chelsea. (1985)

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05 Apr 1985

Training for 25 potential Royal Marines Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre begins. (1985)

Release date:

14 May 1985

Eustace and Dorrie Edgehill have decided to leave a British protectorate in the Pacific.

Release date:

15 Dec 1985