Eleven-year-old Jeff Cohen, AKA Chunk from The Goonies, gets Terry Wogan in a flap. This clip from Wogan was originally broadcast 29 November 1985. BBC Archive 1985: Jeff Cohen on auditioning for The ...

The Sex Discrimination Code of Practice was released in April 1985. The code was published by the Equal Opportunities Commission, which advised employers on areas to help eliminate discrimination ...

Judi Dench talks to Terry Wogan about her acting career, the spelling of her name and her lack of opportunities on the silver screen. Originally broadcast 23 October 1985. BBC Archive 1985: Judi Dench ...

BBC News reports on the growing number of vegetarians and vegans in the UK, who will be tucking in to the likes of cashew nut and mushroom roast and puréed chestnuts en croute for Christmas dinner.

This news report from 1985 took a look at the Madonna craze which swept the nation, inducing mild moral panic in some parents. "Do you think this is just a craze of the moment, or something that might ...

Terry Wogan comes face to face with the future of television presenting, the world's first "computer-generated" host, Max Headroom. BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 14 August 1985. 1985: Max Headroom ...

Robert Moog demonstrates his monophonic analogue synthesizer, the Minimoog. Watch the complete programme in the Computer Literacy Project., external BBC Archive: This clip from Micro Live: If I Had a ...

Barry Norman gives Back to the Future a positively glowing review. Fun fact - 1985 is temporally further removed from the present day than 1955 was to 1985. This clip is from Film 85. Originally ...

"It is the first game that moves beyond being user-friendly... it's user-mendacious." Douglas Adams tells Micro Live about the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy game. Die for yourself, here: The ...

"It is a con, of course it's a con, the whole thing is a con." Whistle Test looked at the boom in pop merchandise. BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 23 April 1985 1985: Band merchandise. Video, ...

More than 300 people travelling to Stonehenge for an illegal festival were arrested following a violent clash with the police on 1 June 1985. Police claimed they came under attack, being pelted with ...

Yoko Ono appeared on a BBC News special, where she spoke about how she was trying to keep the spirit and music of John Lennon alive. For more Beatles-related clips ...