A vigorous combination of perming solution and foils was to thank for Charlene Robinson's trademark shaggy 'do, but it was at her long-awaited wedding day to Scott that the feisty mechanic's hair really came into its own with a sprinkling of gypsophila-like adornments across the fringe.

Thick, lustrous brunette locks... crimped and wrenched into a high side pony with a hairsprayed fringe. Winnie was living the dream.

On a good day, Denise Huxtable's flicked up fringe could reach four inches.

Had Carol Vorderman drifted into obscurity and only this snap of the former Countdown star remained, we would have assumed her hair never recovered from this mullet massacre.

Like a prototype of the 'Rachel', Sue Ellen's feminine, feathery locks helped propel Gray into 80s style icon territory.

As dynamic businesswoman Rebecca, Kirstie Alley conveyed 50% of her power through her big, boisterous hair.

The buff and the bounce weighing heavily on the shoulders of Alexis Carrington is what they call a power perm.

The 80s was about having it all, hence Krystle's high maintenance hybrid 'do - part Diana crop, part gigantic bouncy bob.

Weekend breakfast TV highlights for children of the 80s were Timmy Mallet, Michaela Strachan and Michaela Strachan's hair bow.

As the queen of daytime TV, Anne Diamond's hair was always impeccably highlighted and totally rigid.

In the non-PC 80s, Lizzie Webb was dubbed 'Mad Lizzie' because she bounced around a lot doing exercise routines and possessed TV's perkiest perm.

If Liza Minelli did Butlins...

Not everyone in the 80s subscribed to fashion's demand that hair be voluminous - think of Gladys Pugh as Maplins' answer to Sinead O'Connor.

Another woman who shunned the more hedonistic styles of the 80s, Cybill Shepherd's soft golden bob for her role as detective Maddie landed her a L'Oreal hair gig, believe it or not.

Surprise, Surprise - Cilla's still got this hairdo.

The colour has slightly changed, but her 80s primetime mullet remains.

As the face of Blue Peter, Janet Ellis (Sophie Ellis-Bexter's mum) shunned perms, colour and product for a simple wash-and-go feathery bob.

Flowing golden locks AND a selection of natty jumpsuits - Anneka Rice, you were our idol.

The late, great Gilly Coman and her frizzy red hair attracted more than 20 million viewers to the show in the episode when her character Aveline wed.

Lydia thinks we're impressed by her leg-over-head antics but we're actually mesmerised by her gravity-defying bonce.

Competing for screen time with Lovejoy's magnificent curly black mullet wasn't easy, so Lady Jane Felsham went high and wide with a curly creation of her own.

As well as a teenage pregnancy courtesy of her best friend's dad, Michelle was forced to endure soap's most dramatic hairdo.

'Allo 'Allo! was set in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, so perhaps a fear of alienating modern audiences is behind Yvette's historically inaccurate conglomeration of 40s victory rolls and 80s whispy fringe.

Hair with attitude. Thanks, Selina Scott.

There wasn't only one famous Diana in the 80s, thanks to sci-fi hit V, this one came with an altogether more badass hairdo.

The Time Lord's companion Nyssa sported an 80s perm of the big curl, no backcombing variety.

Hard-boiled police detectives with the softest hair on television.