Sue Lawley was attacked by lesbian protestors whilst reading the news. Prozac was launched and it was the first year people wore red noses to raise money for charity.
Warehouse parties were all the rage in the Acid House Summer of
Love and the Turin Shroud was declared a fake.
Wobbly soap Crossroads ended and Green Politics began.
Salman Rushdie published his Satanic Verses to much controversy and
Ninja Turtles were living in the sewers.
Tom Cruise starred in two of the year's film hits while singer
Phil Collins played the part of one of the Great Train Robbers in
Buster.
Welcome
to 1988
