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Best Episodes of What We Were Watching
Christmas 1988
S1 Ep1
8.0
23rd Dec 2018
Looking back to 1988, Grace Dent explores both how TV changes over the festive season and how the nation's viewing habits have changed between then and 2018.
Christmas 1985
S1 Ep8
7.0
21st Dec 2025
Broadcaster, writer and critic Grace Dent travels back in time through the BBC’s television archives for a light-hearted look at What We Were Watching 40 years ago, over the Christmas period of 1985.
Worst Episodes of What We Were Watching
Christmas 1979
S1 Ep2
5.0
23rd Dec 2019
Grace Dent explores how well the televisual fare of Christmas 1979 compares to what we enjoy today, 40 years on.
Summer TV Classics
S1 Ep3
7.0
29th Jul 2020
Join Grace Dent on a televisual trip of a lifetime as she explores the sights, sounds and schedules of the great British summer.
What We Were Watching Episode Guide
Christmas 1988
S1 Ep1
8.0
23rd Dec 2018
Looking back to 1988, Grace Dent explores both how TV changes over the festive season and how the nation's viewing habits have changed between then and 2018.
Christmas 1979
S1 Ep2
5.0
23rd Dec 2019
Grace Dent explores how well the televisual fare of Christmas 1979 compares to what we enjoy today, 40 years on.
Summer TV Classics
S1 Ep3
7.0
29th Jul 2020
Join Grace Dent on a televisual trip of a lifetime as she explores the sights, sounds and schedules of the great British summer.
Song and Dance Spectaculars
S1 Ep4
7.0
20th Nov 2020
Grace Dent invites you to lose yourself on a joyful journey back through the BBC archives, celebrating the broadcaster's song and dance extravaganzas of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Christmas 1995
S1 Ep5
7.0
19th Dec 2020
Grace Dent embarks on a televisual trip back in time to December 1995, serving up an irreverent look back at the festive viewing options that faced the nation in the past.
Christmas 1991
S1 Ep6
20th Dec 2021
Writer and broadcaster Grace Dent takes a televisual trip back in time to Christmas 1991, as she immerses herself in the sights, sounds and TV schedules of the past.
Christmas 1984
S1 Ep7
7.0
28th Dec 2024
TV critic, writer and 1980s addict Grace Dent unwraps the TV schedules for 1984 and finds it was a case of Orwell that ends well, on another festive fun-packed dash through the BBC’s archives, examining all the small screen content that viewers were glued to four decades ago.
Christmas 1985
S1 Ep8
7.0
21st Dec 2025
Broadcaster, writer and critic Grace Dent travels back in time through the BBC’s television archives for a light-hearted look at What We Were Watching 40 years ago, over the Christmas period of 1985.
The best rated episodes of What We Were Watching are:
Christmas 1988 S1E1 rated 8.0
Christmas 1985 S1E8 rated 7.0
The lowest rated episodes of What We Were Watching are:
Christmas 1979 S1E2 rated 5.0
Summer TV Classics S1E3 rated 7.0
The first episode of What We Were Watching aired on December 23, 2018.
The last episode of What We Were Watching aired on December 21, 2025.
There are 8 episodes of What We Were Watching.
There is one season of What We Were Watching.
Yes.
What We Were Watching is set to return for future episodes.
