Station:
ITV (GB)
Status:
Ended
Start:
2021-07-08
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Princess Diana's life was as dramatic as it was short-lived. She brought joy to billions. Her death sparked mass hysteria. In July 2021 she would have turned 60. Diana's Decades celebrates her life and achievements and shows how each era of her life encapsulated the spirit of the age and inspired profound social change. We speak to people who either knew her or whose lives crossed paths with Diana's to deliver the most intelligent analysis yet of her life and impact on the final decades of the 20th century.
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S1E1 - The 1970s
Princess Diana was an icon who both captured and transformed the spirt of the times. Here we see how this thoroughly modern princess emerged from the bra-burning spirit of the 1970s and helped transform the fortunes of not just the Royal Family but Britain itself
Air Date: 08 Jul 2021 15:00 (CDT)
S1E2 - The 1980s
Princess Diana began the 80s a shy bride and ended the decade the most photographed woman in the world. From Dynasty Di to Pop Princess to AIDS champion, Diana harnessed and embodied the spirit of the 80s. As the world screamed, Greed is Good, Diana found her voice and championed those left behind, and became, in the words of Vanity Fair's Tina Brown, ‘the Mouse That Roared'.
Air Date: 15 Jul 2021 15:00 (CDT)
S1E3 - The 1990s
As the Berlin Wall came down and Nelson Mandela walked free, a new sense of liberty dawned in the 1990s. In Britain, New Labour was emerging and the Spice Girls were soon to form. This final episode explores how - in the new age of mass communication - Diana became the emblem of a new spirit of emotional candour.
Air Date: 22 Jul 2021 15:00 (CDT)