But the best '80s albums go beyond all those easy cliches about Thatcher and Reagan and glossy yuppie culture. Yes, this was a decade where drum machines and synthesiser sounds were plumped and ...

Below, we went through the archives of the airwaves, picking the 80 best TV shows of the 1980s. To be eligible, a series had to air either part or all of its run between January 1, 1980 and ...