Michael Jackson's Thriller
The release of the world's best-selling album, the death of a WW2 hero, and Beagle 2
The History Hour · BBC World Service
December 31, 201545m 3s
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Show Notes
The 1982 release of the world's best selling album; plus the untimely death of General George S Patton; the former child star Karolyn Grimes on the film It's A Wonderful Life, the Beagle 2 mission to Mars, and Vladimir Nabokov's scandalous book, Lolita.
(Photo: Michael Jackson and assorted zombies in the video for Thriller in 1983. Credit: 01/01/1983 Publicity Handout)