I Love a 1970's Christmas (TV 2000)

A look back at popular culture surrounding Christmas in 1970s Britain.

Directors:

Stephen Franklin, Stephen McGinn

Stars:

John Noakes, Peter Purves, Valerie Singleton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Noakes	...	Host
Peter Purves	...	Host
Valerie Singleton	...	Host
Peter Ardran	...	Himself
Dave Bartram	...	Himself
Bruce Baxter	...	Himself
Tony Blackburn	...	Himself
Tim Brooke-Taylor	...	Himself
Rhona Cameron	...	Herself
Romeo Challenger	...	Himself
Terry Christian	...	Himself
Bernard Cribbins	...	Himself
Brenda Emmanus	...	Herself
Jo Enright	...	Herself
Frank Farian	...	Himself

Storyline

A look back at popular culture surrounding Christmas in 1970s Britain.

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Plot Keywords:

christmas | nostalgia | number in title

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 December 2000 (UK)

Also Known As:

I Love a 70s Christmas

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Screenwipe: Episode #2.2 (2006)

User Reviews

Dreadful Rewrite of A Dreadful Era

A highly inaccurate 1970s-themed festive "pop culture" show, which insisted on taking 1960s stuff (like Space hoppers) and mixing them with things unavailable until the 1980s.

The 1970s revival in Britain was not based on accuracy, and several 1960s items were included in this programme simply to flag up the 70s recession-era pop culture. 1980s items were also tossed in to the programme as there seems to be a feeling here that we must not celebrate 80s culture openly - because of the attendant "yuppie" culture! So, let's call early 80s pop culture "70s"! Highly illogical!

The American versions of the "I Love..." series were refreshingly accurate and non-priggish.

But this was awful.