The 1980s

S1 E3: The turbulence of the 1970s had eroded the idealism of the 60s. The 1980s saw politics in the West shift to the right as conservatism and the free market took hold. In the East, a new Soviet leader unwittingly set in motion events that would reshape history. This era of computers, Chernobyl and the fall of the Berlin Wall ensured that by the end of the decade, the modern world would be born.