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The Guardian - UK
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Metro offers fresh Take on the 1980s

Metro wrap for Sky1's The Take
Metro wraparound for Sky1's The Take

Remember 1985? Well do ya, you slaaaaag? Metro readers were reminded today with a wraparound print ad from Sky1 mocking up how the morning freesheet's front page might have looked back in the day. "Live Aid raises millions" – check. "Uptown wife – Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley tie the knot" – check. "Unseeded teen Becker wins first Wimbledon title" – check. "'Dirty Digger' Murdoch plans Wapping newspaper revolution" – oh, hang on... no sign of that. It's all a clever wheeze to promote the launch tonight of Sky1's adaptation of Martina Cole's East End gangster novel The Take – set in 1985. See what they did there?

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