''Match of the Seventies'' is a British
sports documentary television series which aired on
BBC 1 in two series between 26 July 1995 and 2 September 1996. Presented by
Dennis Waterman it featured highlights of the
English football seasons during the 1970s.
[Hunt p.7] It begins in the summer of 1970, shortly after
England's defeat in the
World Cup in a season in which
Arsenal
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won the
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and concludes at the end of the
1979-1980 season with an increasingly dominant
Liverpool side retaining their league title.
Each episode featured a string of pop and rock songs which were released around the same time as the footballing events which were being recalled.
The series was able to utilise the
BBC's ''
Match of the Day'' archives. It was part of the growing boom in nostalgia for the decade. Waterman, a football fan, had become a television star during the decade in ''
The Sweeney
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'' and remained closely associated with that era. It was subsequently followed by ''Match of the Eighties'', presented by
Danny Baker, but which for legal reasons did not cover the whole decade.
References
Bibliography
* Hunt, Leon. ''British Low Culture: From Safari Suits to Sexploitation''. Routledge, 2013.
* Vahimagi, Tise. ''British Television: An Illustrated Guide''. Oxford University Press, 1996.
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=5563806
BBC television documentaries
1995 British television series debuts
1996 British television series endings
1990s British sports television series
English-language television shows