BBC Archive | 1970: Should we SAVE the MINISKIRT? | Nationwide | BBC Archive @BBCArchive | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
"Shouldn't you be looking at the road?"

As the swinging '60s disappeared into the rearview mirror, Nationwide hosted a studio debate on the length of women's skirts. This broadcast, which features attitudes of its time, included the opinions of those campaigning to save the miniskirt - whose tactics included issuing 'save the mini-skirt!' windscreen stickers to lorry drivers.

At least, to show how progressive they were, 'Nationwide girls' Amanda Theunissen and Diane Harron were invited to join the debate, along with fashion designer Lee Bender.

Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, Thursday 17 September, 1970.


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