In the final days of the yuppie decade, the summer of ’89 saw a new type of youth rebellion rip through the cultural landscape, with thousands of young people dancing at illegal Acid House parties in fields and aircraft hangars around the M25. Set against the backdrop of ten years of Thatcherism, it was a benign form of revolution, dubbed the Second Summer of Love – all the ravers wanted was the freedom to party… The rave scene, along with the drug Ecstasy, broke down social barriers and even football hooligans were ‘loved up’, solving a problem the government had never managed to crack. But lurid tabloid headlines and cat-and-mouse games with the police eventually turned the dream sour, as the gangster element moved in at the end of the summer.
Made in US
7.5/10
2006
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Cast
Julian Rhind-Tutt
As Narrator
Tony Wilson
As Self
Jason Donovan
As Self
Douglas Hurd
As Self
Meredith Etherington-Smith
As Self
Kelvin MacKenzie
As Self
Matthew Parris
As Self
Sheryl Garratt
As Self
Dave Haslam
As Self
Fabio
As Self
Helen Mead
As Self
Lisa Loud
As Self
Tintin Chambers
As Self
Bernard Ingham
As Self
Pete Waterman
As Self
Sonia
As Self
Mary Calderwood
As Self
Alexis Petridis
As Self
Mark 'Bez' Berry
As Self
Gary 'Mani' Mounfield
As Self
Cass Pennant
As Self
Jeremy Taylor
As Self
Paul Staines
As Self
Charlie Colston-Hayter
As Self
Ken Tappenden
As Self
Michael Portillo
As Self
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