This November, BBC Two, BBC Four and BBC Radio will be taking viewers on a trip back to the 1980s for the next instalment of BBC Music: My Generation.

Programming across TV and Radio will take a look back at some of the seminal moments from the decade through the eyes of the people who were there. BBC Music: My Generation airs in five instalments, with the fans and the musical icons of the time giving their own unique perspectives. So far this year, the season has explored the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Following in the footsteps of Tom Jones, Keith Richards and Boy George, legendary Soul II Soul frontman Jazzie B will be taking BBC Two viewers on a trip back in time and exploring his 80s memories - sharing his experiences, what the decade meant to him and exploring some of the key moments in his musical and personal journey.

Jan Younghusband, Head of Music TV Commissioning, says: “I’m delighted to present our fourth decade moment. Insightful stories from the fans on BBC Four in the next episode of The People’s History Of Pop, and Jazzie B’s unique take on the decade on BBC Two, and the UK TV premiere of the new internationally acclaimed feature doc about Gary Numan, and Classic Album Graceland by Paul Simon - a great line-up to take us right to the heart of the 80s.”

Cassian Harrison, Channel Editor BBC Four, says: “The BBC’s My Generation season has been a tremendous success across 2016, bringing content across television and radio to celebrate four amazing decades of popular music. With this next moment we’ve brought together a terrific selection of talent, stories and programming that’s both seminal and surprising. There should be something for everyone we hope!”

During the 1980s Britain was convulsed by social and cultural change, with massive unemployment, strikes and rioting, through to an economic recovery that saw an economic boom and designer labels and branding fuel a new, aspirational Britain.

Soul II Soul frontman and entrepreneur, Jazzie B, one of a family of ten, witnessed this change from both sides of the divide. The decade saw him progress from being a teen targeted by the Sus laws (stop and search laws) - with his own reggae sound system he took round London on a bus, to an international superstar, as Keep On Movin and Back To Life topped the charts here and in America, and came with a fashion line that sold from Camden Town to the world.

Jazzie B’s 1980s: From Dole To Soul on BBC Two tells an against-the-odds story about the success of a young black British businessman and musician in a time of mass unemployment and recession.

It’s a tale of identity: Personal identity - in the decade defined by image and aspiration, Jazzie created his own unique style, the 'Funki Dred' which set him apart, coining the first definitively British black street style and a Soul II Soul fashion brand - as he says, "before we knew what branding was".

He achieved this with the support of the Tory government’s Enterprise Allowance Scheme, from a shop in Camden Town, while also running a reggae and soul sound system, Soul II Soul, run on a collective basis “at a time of rampant individualism”.

The film also examines the flowering of Britain’s multicultural identity, via the success of Soul II Soul, as a generation of Thatcher’s unwanted kids turned their music and art - through ‘Warehouse’ parties and Pirate Radio - into a positive statement of unity and world-famous rhythm and style. Soul II Soul, by the end of the 80s, created and released their own music which, with the album Club Classics Vol. One and the singles, topped the charts around the globe.

Jazzie explores the 1980s giving his perspective on aspects of the era - from Thatcherism to fashion, racism to TV shows, hairstyles to warehouse parties. The programme features a stellar cast of contributors that include Lenny Henry, Ian Wright MBE, Sir Viv Richards, Tony Hadley, Lord Tebbit, Sir Lenny Henry, DJs Trevor Nelson MBE, Judge Jules and Norman Jay MBE, Caron Wheeler (singer, Soul II Soul), Caryn Franklin (founder, i-D Magazine), Sheryl Garratt (editor, The Face) and writer Lloyd Bradley.

Jazzie says: “What was really special about the 80s was the change - both culturally and politically; walls actually coming down, being on the cusp of wars and that ending, and a huge shift with new technology becoming available. The changes that happened in the 80s were so important for Soul II Soul, for me and my generation, opening up the doors to the 90s and letting us realise there was a whole world out there. That’s how important the 80s were for me.”

In episode four of BBC Four’s The People's History Of Pop, Lauren Laverne celebrates the decade 1986-1996, when music had the power to unite fans - even sworn rivals - like never before. It's a decade that starts with a turn to the alternative, even among the fans of mega pop bands.

People's History Of Pop: 1986-1996: All Together Now will hear from Depeche Mode fans who were invigorated by the band's darker sounds in Black Celebration - and have saved a lot of memorabilia from the gigs they went to see back then. The programme will also hear from a fan of hip hop who discovered a burgeoning UK hip hop scene when he moved to London and shares footage of his friends MCing and DJing at home.

In 1988, the acid house wave hit and the show will meet those who lived through it and loved it. They have saved flyers and photos from the halcyon days of raving that completely changed their lives, including one man who went from football hooligan to raver to club promoter. Out of the clubs came mega pop bands. The programme meets an avid Take That fan who bought every type of merchandise she could as a teenager - saving pretty much all of it. Another fan takes viewers back to the site of her first ever Blur gig in 1994 and the show finishes talking to fans of the most successful girl group of all time - Spice Girls.

Pop treasures uncovered along the way include one of the first Hacienda membership cards, covered with signatures of Hacienda dignitaries, from New Order to Dave Haslam, A Guy Called Gerald, Bez and of course Tony Wilson. The programme also meets a club promotor who shares rare footage of one of The Prodigy's early rave-inspired gigs. And Lauren also meets someone with a rare Oasis demo tape from a gig at the Boardwalk, Manchester in January 1992.

Lauren Laverne says: “I grew up in a house full of music, but the 1990s was the decade when I found the sounds that were truly my own. I tried to get into the Hacienda underage (and was stopped at the door, though I had better luck at the Newcastle Riverside…).

"Pop music and the sounds exploding from the underground sat side by side on the pages of Smash Hits, on stage at Top Of The Pops and every Saturday morning’s The Chart Show. I came across The Prodigy straight after Jason Donovan on a Smash Hits 1991 compilation tape and - though I didn’t know it at the time - watched my future husband (a teenage raver plucked from some dancefloor or other) in the video to The Source’s You Got The Love.

"As I grew up I loved grunge and through that discovered Riot grrl, the music that spoke most to me and which inspired me to form a band of my own. Before my teens were out I was in Smash Hits and on Top Of The Pops myself (I’ll always be grateful to Robbie Williams for being so lovely to me in the BBC canteen and the producer who didn’t chuck me out when he caught me in Dot Cotton’s kitchen on the EastEnders set next door).

"I've loved hearing from my fellow fans about their own experiences of music in this time, whether they loved acid house, indie, Britpop, hip-hop or straight up pop. Let your preconceptions go and join us as we celebrate 1986-96. To paraphrase one of the era’s great thinkers, don’t fight it - feel it.”

As part of the season, BBC Four will be showing Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland. Since its release in 1986 the trans-cultural album has had an enormous impact. It’s mould-breaking blend of rock and African rhythms changed the course of popular music and introduced a generation to the 'African Sound'.

Paul Simon and engineer Roy Halee take viewers through the multi-tracks, describing how mixes and effects were achieved and reveal the inspirations behind the songs. Major artists involved in the album are interviewed, including Joseph Shabalala of Ladysmith Black Mambazo and guitarist Ray Phiri. The South African musicians shatter the myth about their relationship with Paul Simon, and composer Philip Glass assesses the album’s place in musical history.

BBC Four will also be broadcasting Gary Numan: Android In La La Land - the incredibly intimate, hugely revealing and at times hilarious documentary celebrating the life of a true music-making pioneer and the love story that helped turn his life and career around.

At the end of the 1970s, Gary Numan found himself to be one of the world’s biggest selling artists; seminal songs Are ‘Friends’ Electric? and Cars were huge hits. No-one had heard or seen anyone like him and he quickly became one of the most famous men on the planet and was adored by his fans - the Numanoids.

The real Gary Numan story however, embraces the Asperger’s Syndrome that has informed his music, image and channelled his ambition, but also brought major problems. Other issues have included depression, anxiety attacks, near-bankruptcy and a long period in the wilderness. Amidst all this, he fell in love with and married his biggest fan, Gemma, or as Gary himself puts it “everything changed the moment she came along”.

A film two years in the making, Android follows Gary, Gemma and their three young daughters, Raven, Persia and Echo, at home, on tour, in the studio and on holiday, as they embark on a one-way trip to America. And Numan returns to the studio for the first time in seven years.

Following on from the success of its 1979 day to celebrate all things 70s, BBC Radio 6 Music will join in by exploring the alternative music of the 80s. The station will look at rave culture, and the electronica of the decade and find out how new technology created new opportunities for musicians.

On Friday 2 December, 6 Music celebrates the alternative 80s, as it imagines what it would have sounded like had it existed on the same date in back in 1989. Across the week, bands visiting various shows across the network will record their very own versions of 80s tracks and Breakfast show host Shaun Keaveny will also recreate some of the most iconic videos of the era. Weekend programme presenters will also shine a spotlight on the decade through a range of shows.

Paul Rodgers, Head of Programmes 6 Music, says: “After 6 Music’s thorough immersion in 1979 for one day in October as part of the 70s moment, it’s great to take a deep dive into 1989 to help BBC Music’s My Generation tell the story of music in the 80s. Across our schedule 6 Music’s DJs will look out for the alternative version of the decade, and listeners can expect plenty of Stone Roses, Public Enemy, The Wedding Present, and The Cure, to name but a few.”

BBC Radio 2 will be supporting this next phase of My Generation with a special collection of programmes across the week. On Tuesday 22 November, a repeat of The Invisible Man: The Rod Temperton Story, presented by Paul Gambaccini, will profile the British-born songwriter Rod Temperton, who passed away in October.

The British-born keyboard player and songwriter enjoyed big disco-era success as part of Heatwave before writing hits for American R&B/pop stars including Donna Summer, George Benson, Aretha Franklin, James Ingram, Patti Austin, Herbie Hancock and, most lucratively, Michael Jackson. This programme charts his remarkable journey from Cleethorpes to Los Angeles, with contributions from Quincy Jones, George Benson, Patti Austin and many more.

Sara Cox will present a special edition of Sounds of the 80s (Friday 25 November) and Pick of the Pops on Saturday 26 November will cover music tracks from 1989. Later that evening Trevor Nelson will present an A-Z of 80s Soul music and on Sunday 27 November doyenne of theatre Elaine Paige will feature musicals from the 1980s.

BBC Radio Wales will dedicate a raft of programming across its schedule as part of the season. Across the week The Wynne Evans Show (Monday-Friday, 11am-1pm) will speak to a host of 80s stars and the show’s regular ‘How To’ slot will have a decidedly 80s theme, giving people 80 seconds to tell listeners how to do something. The Eleri Sion Show (Monday-Friday, 1.15pm-4pm) will theme its daily quiz Mindboggler to put listeners’ 80s knowledge to the test; Alan Thompson will choose an 80s album to celebrate and the station’s film critic, Gary Slaymaker, will shine the spotlight on some of the decade’s best films. And the Lynn Bowles (2pm-4pm) show on Sunday 27 November will play an hour's worth of Number 1 records from the 80s.

And other regional radio programmes around the UK will also feature content celebrating the 80s. BBC Radio Ulster will also feature 80s themed content across its schedule as part of the season. Kim Lenaghan (7am – 8am) will play tracks from the 80s and share her memories from the decade; Kerry McLean (3pm – 5pm) will be inviting her listeners to send in their pictures and share their memories of the decade as well as inviting callers in to talk about the fashion, food and films of the decade; and Ralph McLean (8pm-10pm) will present an 80s night of popular hits selected by listeners.

On BBC Radio Scotland Music Extra Get It On’s Bryan Burnett will have three hours of 80s music featuring the Scottish bands who were hugely successful at the time. He’ll be shining the spotlight on Glasgow bands including Deacon Blue and Love and Money who were hugely popular across the UK in the late 80s.