During the first two weeks of May, BBC Radio 4 will celebrate and investigate the 1990s, a decade that brought with it a boom in British culture and hedonism, as well as decisions and events that would change our lives forever.
At the centre of the season is a landmark ten-part series, What Really Happened in the Nineties? Narrated by Robert Carlyle, who starred in many of the decade’s best-loved films including Trainspotting, The Full Monty and Angela’s Ashes, the series will travel back in time to key moments in the 1990s that reverberate today in unexpected ways.
From the internet and no-frills air travel, to the rise of Russia and the Iraq War, Carlyle will take us through some of the defining moments that have shaped the modern world. Carlyle says: "The 1990s were a time of fizzing creative energy. There were filmmakers, bands and writers breaking through from all different backgrounds, which gave the decade a feeling of excitement and change. And it paved the way for the world we live in now.”
