The Summer of Rave, 1989

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 2006

Original language

English

Production

BBC

Cast

Mary Calderwood,Jason Donovan,Lisa Loud,Julian Rhind-Tutt,Michael Portillo,Kelvin MacKenzie,Mark 'Bez' Berry,Pete Waterman,Dave Haslam,Jeremy Taylorand 16 more

Director

Anna Davies

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt4464176