The '80s Greatest

The 1980's begin with an Olympic hockey game that lifts America's spirits, Ronald Reagan battles Bruce Springsteen, and a sitcom helps invent the yuppie.

In the '80s, doing what you love can turn your passion into profit, new technology creates new opportunities and capitalism gets a conscience.

In the '80s, family values undergo a huge makeover, as depicted in films and sitcoms, despite President Reagan's best attempts to stop it.

A generation of kids, determined to express themselves by breaking all the rules, takes on '80s conservative America in the ultimate pop culture clash.

In the '80s, a stratospheric rise of cable TV is helped by game-changing networks like MTV and CNN, which covers the death of John Lennon.

A boom in credit cards sparks a spending frenzy. Brands battle to appeal to a new breed of shopper - and they'll stop at nothing to make a sale.

For American women in the 80's, life is not easy. But with help from some famous faces like Madonna and Jane Fonda, they start fighting back.

The eighties, when nothing succeeds like excess. But in this era of big hair, big bonuses and even bigger phones, what goes up, must come down.

In the '80s, shrinking gadgets and new technology bring the world together in unexpected ways but also trigger fears of Japanese economic might.

In the late '80s, the Berlin Wall embodies the Cold War, but change is in the air and, with some unexpected help from pop culture, it comes crashing down.