the years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously. but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. more was allowed that hadn t been before. it was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. i want to watch an all-black show for a change. oh, where are you going to find one? here s one the los angeles lakers against the milwaukee bucks. young people were interested in relevant things. and so television began to reflect that. this is cbs. really it was very simple. you had three channels plus pbs. when the decade turned over into the 70s, television was very rural. hee haw! the beverly hillbillies. cbs had the beverly hillbillies. green acres.
do that. people are no longer embarrassed to watch televtelev. we have seen the news and it s us. slowly but surely the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be pupon us. as we begin the 80s. nine out of ten people were watching only one of three networks. more than 30 million people are addicted to it. what is it? it s television s primetime prairie pot boiler of dallas. a move like that will destroy all of you and ruin our family name. brothers or no brothers, whatever it takes, i will stop you. dallas, the one hour show that captivated america for 13 years. dallas rooted in the 1970s. this character, jr as a pop phen phenomenal. tell me which you will be staying with tonight. whatever it is, it s much more delicious than the i am looking at now. you could do something so unexpected that it would become news over night. [ gunshot ] . the national obsession around who shot jr is hard to imagine how obsessed we were with that question but we were
slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. and what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! as we began the 80s in the television world, the landscape was on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people watching only one of three networks. more than 30 million people are addicted to it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? it s television s prime time prairie potboiler dallas. a move like that will destroy all of ewing oil and ruin our family name! i assure you, a thought like that never crossed my mind. brother or no brother, whatever it takes, i ll stop you from destroying ewing oil. dallas really did establish new ground in terms of a weekly one-hour show that literally captivated america for 13 years. dallas is a television show which in some ways is rooted in the 1970s. and one of the crazy things that emerges is this character, j.r. ewing, as a pop phenomenon. tell me, j.r., which slut are you go
documentary? the only problem is, cable news companies don t make documentaries. they make cable news. and they do a pretty good job. but we went to fox news and asked, could we do this? to our amazement and delight they said yes, you can. so for the last year, we have made a series of long form documentaries about issues that we think matter to the country and to you. and they have worked better than we ever expected. we are proud of what we have created. we are doing another season, and for a preview of that we are joined by the diabolical genus, the man behind all of this, the vice president here at fox news. good to see you on camera for the first time in a long time. this has become something not i think it s fair to say we did not expected to become at all. we knew he wanted to do it and we knew fox was supporting us. we went to at least 30 states. we went to several countries. and we got a lot of support from the audience because they were not able to consume this an
outbreaks of rain sliding into england and north wales. southern counties stay dry. mulder again, ten, 11. a blustery day, feeling cold with sunshine later. that pushes southwards into sunday, slowly clearing during the morning when we are back to sunshine and wintry showers and a cold feel in the winds. a reminder of our top story. a senior conservative mp warns the prime minister he must shape up, or ship out as pressure mounts on his leadership. that s all from the bbc news at one so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s hello. this is bbc news. as people in the uk digest the news about increasing energy costs with bills set to rise by hundreds of pounds some people are being forced to choose between heating their homes or feeding their families. others say they re having to move house because of spiralling costs. jayne mccubbin reports. it is the biggest energy price rise in history. lose sleep at night, that worry of, what next, what next? angie