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3. Diving through the Decades

4 Extra Debut. Stuart Maconie tests how much people of different ages know about their own decades, and those of their opponents. From 2020.

Stuart Maconie welcomes another three contestants to the My Generation quiz, which focuses on the events and culture of different decades within living memory.

They will each be answering questions on their own particular chosen decade - which could be the one they grew up in, or one they know plenty about for some other reason.

They then also have to answer on a different decade, in which they were significantly younger, or older, or perhaps not even born. Stuart hopes to find out just how much the generations know about one another's heroes, heroines and heritage.

There'll be plenty of news clips, TV themes, extracts from pop songs and familiar voices from different decades.

The questions cover popular culture, sport, politics and world events, technological innovations and social history.

Whatever your age, you may find yourself surprised at some of the things you know that the contestants don't.

Producer: Paul Bajoria

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2020.

28 minutes

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Next Thursday 14:00

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  • Mon 1 Jun 2020 15:00
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