1992: The Year That Got Real

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

Welcome back to Britain, 1992 — a year of high hopes, hard headlines, and Heart FM making its debut on the airwaves. John Major was clinging on in Number 10, Charles and Diana were coming apart at the seams, and the nation was gripped by a general election… only to be floored months later by Black Wednesday. Oh, and Mr Blobby was lurking just around the corner.

But while the economy wobbled, pop culture soared. Take That asked us to pray, Snap! demanded that we rhythm, and Whitney broke our hearts all over again with I Will Always Love You. Over on telly, Absolutely Fabulous burst onto the scene in a puff of champagne and sarcasm, while The Big Breakfast turned mornings upside down.

We flocked to the cinema to see Wayne’s World, A Few Good Men, and The Bodyguard, queued outside Woolworths for Super Mario Kart, and debated whether Men Behaving Badly was hilariously relatable or mildly terrifying.

From scrunchies to Sega, royal scandals to rave culture, 1992 is your definitive guide to a year that started off sensibly… and quickly spiralled into something far more fun.