
What We Were Watching
Season 1
8 episodes
1. Christmas 1988Looking 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.CCDec 23, 2018
2. Christmas 1979Grace Dent explores how well the televisual fare of Christmas 1979 compares to what we enjoy today, 40 years on.CCDec 23, 2019
3. Summer TV ClassicsJoin Grace Dent on a televisual trip of a lifetime as she explores the sights, sounds and schedules of the great British summer.CCJul 29, 2020
4. Song and Dance SpectacularsGrace 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.CCNov 20, 2020
5. Christmas 1995Grace 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.CC59minDec 19, 2020
6. Christmas 1991Writer 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.CCDec 20, 2021
7. Christmas 1984TV 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.CC58minDec 28, 2024
8. Christmas 1985Broadcaster, writer and critic Grace Dent travels back in time through the BBC’s television archives for a light-hearted look at What We Were Watching 40 years ago, over the Christmas period of 1985.CC57minDec 21, 2025
What We Were Watching
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