The '80s: The Decade That Made Us(2013)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2013-04-14
Average Runtime: 45m
Rating: 6.4
Votes: 11
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
The defining biography of a decade, as told through exclusive interviews with more than 40 icons, entertainers and innovators who shaped its identity.
Keywords
miniseries1980s
Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 6E01
Lift Off
Air Date: 2013-04-14
In this global mega-doc, National Geographic tells the story of the 1980s like never before. An epic rollercoaster ri...
E02
The Revolutionaries
Air Date: 2013-04-14
In 1981, Ronald Reagan is propelled into the U.S. presidency. Reagan’s business mandate leads to a new breed of entre...
E03
Shop 'til You Drop
Air Date: 2013-04-15
Nonstop glamour and excess find a new poster girl in the 1980s when a hot young singer sees her chance to create her ...
E04
Masters of the Universe
Air Date: 2013-04-15
With the mantra "greed... is good," Gordon Gekko encapsulates the 1980’s drive for excess and ruthless ambition in Ol...
E05
Tear Down These Walls
Air Date: 2013-04-16
The 80s - often described as the decade when greed was good. But it also marked the beginning of a potent alliance be...
E06
Super Power
Air Date: 2013-04-16
As the 1980s draw to a close, the Cold War might be thawing, but the Berlin Wall still stands. America deploys a powe...
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