The Summer of Rave, 1989 (2006)
In the final days of the yuppie decade, the summer of ’89 saw a new type of youth rebellion rip through the cultural landscape, with thousands of young people dancing at illegal Acid House parties in fields and aircraft hangars around the M25. Set against the backdrop of ten years of Thatcherism, it was a benign form of revolution, dubbed the Second Summer of Love – all the ravers wanted was the freedom to party… The rave scene, along with the drug Ecstasy, broke down social barriers and even football hooligans were ‘loved up’, solving a problem the government had never managed to crack. But lurid tabloid headlines and cat-and-mouse games with the police eventually turned the dream sour, as the gangster element moved in at the end of the summer.
Director: Anna Davies
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Julian Rhind-Tutt as Narrator |
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Tony Wilson as Self |
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Jason Donovan as Self |
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Douglas Hurd as Self |
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Meredith Etherington-Smith as Self |
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Kelvin MacKenzie as Self |
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Matthew Parris as Self |
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Sheryl Garratt as Self |
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Dave Haslam as Self |
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Fabio as Self |
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Helen Mead as Self |
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Lisa Loud as Self |
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Tintin Chambers as Self |
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Bernard Ingham as Self |
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Pete Waterman as Self |
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Sonia as Self |
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Mary Calderwood as Self |
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Alexis Petridis as Self |
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Mark 'Bez' Berry as Self |
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Gary 'Mani' Mounfield as Self |
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Cass Pennant as Self |
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Jeremy Taylor as Self |
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Paul Staines as Self |
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Charlie Colston-Hayter as Self |
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Ken Tappenden as Self |
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Michael Portillo as Self |
| Directing | Anna Davies | Director |
