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'Nobody puts Jim Naughtie in the corner' - Are 80s films too cheesy?

Dirty Dancing, Top Gun, Ghostbusters and Ferris Bueller's Day Off - did the 1980s mark a golden era of cinema or was it Hollywood's lowest point? James Naughtie meets Guardian columnist, Hadley Freeman who credits such films for teaching her 鈥渕ore about life than any library or teacher ever would鈥.

First broadcast on Today, 18 May 2015.

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