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I Love the '70s (UK TV series)

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2000

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I Love the '70s is a television mini-series produced by the BBC that examines the pop culture of the 1970s. It was broadcast in ten hour-long episodes, one dedicated to each year, with the first episode, I Love 1970, premiering on BBC Two on 22 July 2000, and the last, I Love 1979, premiering on 23 September 2000. On the original broadcasts, each episode was followed by the host introducing a film from that particular year.

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The series proved successful and thus was followed by two similar series, I Love the '80s and I Love the '90s, both of which aired during 2001.

The "I Love..."-series spawned a US version, aired by VH-1. Part of the series was repeated in the spring of 2012 on BBC Two as part of a special season dedicated to the 1970s.

The episode 'I Love 1975" is the only episode that was interrupted due to a power failure on 30 June 2001, and as concluded as part of the years that BBC Two suffered problems (2000, 2001, and 2003).

1970

Host: Jimmy Savile. Opening titles: "Band of Gold" by Freda Payne.

  • Raleigh Chopper
  • Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
  • Clangers
  • The Goodies
  • M*A*S*H
  • Dubreq Stylophone
  • 1970 FIFA World Cup
  • Kes
  • The Railway Children
  • Midiskirt/maxiskirt
  • Triumph Stag
  • The Beatles break-up
  • Diana Ross leaves The Supremes
  • Simon and Garfunkel break-up
  • The Jackson 5

    • PIF of 1970: Joe & Petunia

    Flashback Commercial of 1970: Cresta - Singing Polar Bear (actually aired in 1972)

    1971

    Host: Britt Ekland

  • Space Hopper
  • The Banana Splits
  • Shaft
  • Clackers
  • Get Carter
  • Novelty Songs
  • Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)
  • Middle of the Road
  • Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
  • Harvey Smith
  • Decimal Day
  • Crossfire
  • Corgi Toys
  • Jackie Stewart
  • The Liver Birds
  • Hot pants

    • 1972

    Host: David Cassidy

  • David Cassidy & Donny Osmond
  • Sweets
  • The New Seekers
  • Love Thy Neighbour
  • Action Man
  • Roller Skates
  • Magpie
  • Mark Spitz
  • The Harlem Globetrotters
  • Cabaret
  • The Joy of Sex
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Marc Bolan

    • PIF of 1972: Learn to Swim

    1973

    Host: Noddy Holder

  • Slade
  • Bruce Lee
  • Kojak
  • Mastermind
  • Sweet
  • Man About The House
  • Mike Yarwood
  • England failure to qualify for World Cup '74
  • Uri Geller

    • Flashback Commercial of 1973: Vymura Wallpaper

    1974

    Host: Roobarb & Custard. Opening titles: "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" by Bachman Turner Overdrive.

  • Roobarb
  • The Six Million Dollar Man
  • The Bionic Woman
  • Mud
  • Alvin Stardust
  • Super Noodles
  • Angel Delight
  • Vesta Ready Meals
  • Slimcea bread
  • John Conteh
  • Pong
  • Videocassette recorders
  • It Ain't Half Hot Mum
  • Package holidays
  • Blazing Saddles
  • Ford Capri
  • Pan's People
  • The Wombles

    • 1975

    Host: Dennis Waterman

  • Jaws
  • The Sweeney
  • Barry Sheene
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • Happy Days
  • David Essex
  • Jim'll Fix It
  • Starsky & Hutch
  • Bay City Rollers
  • Saturday afternoon Wrestling

    • 1976

    Host: Kermit the Frog. Opening titles: "Dancing Queen" by ABBA. Ending credits: "Young Hearts Run Free" by Candi Staton.

  • The Muppet Show
  • Long hot summer
  • Ice Lollies
  • Björn Borg
  • Tina Charles
  • ABBA
  • Brotherhood of Man
  • Lip gloss
  • Punk fashion
  • Peter Powell (kite)
  • Convoy
  • Citizens' band radio

    • 1977

    Host: Carrie Fisher. Opening titles: "Star Wars Theme" by Meco.

  • Star Wars
  • Saturday Night Fever
  • Skateboard
  • Blue Jeans magazine
  • Pot Noodle
  • Take Hart
  • Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee
  • The Sex Pistols
  • Space Dust
  • The Professionals

    • 1978

    Host: Lynda Carter. Opening credits: "Blame It On the Boogie" by The Jacksons. Ending credits: "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones.

  • Grease
  • The Boomtown Rats
  • The Incredible Hulk
  • Soda Stream
  • Blake's 7
  • Kate Bush
  • Top Trumps
  • Simon
  • Hot Gossip
  • Space Invaders
  • Dean Friedman
  • Wonder Woman

    • Flashback Commercial of 1978: Glenryck Pilchards

    1979

    Host: Bo Derek. Opening credits: Pop Muzik by M. Ending credits: After the Love Has Gone by Earth, Wind and Fire.

  • 10
  • Quadrophenia
  • The Dukes of Hazzard
  • Hot Gossip
  • Holly Hobbie
  • Monkey
  • Picture & coloured vinyl discs
  • Gary Numan
  • Ska
  • Madness
  • The election of Margaret Thatcher

    • Flashback Commercial of 1979: Barbie

    References

    I Love the '70s (UK TV series) Wikipedia
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