Funny Money

Don Cheadle is a greedy trader in a 1980s-set comedy

If you ever hanker after the fashions and fads of the 1980s, you won’t want to miss Sky Atlantic’s new US sitcom Black Monday.

Set in a Wall Street trading firm, the 10-part comedy is crammed with references to shoulder pads, Nintendo and Nancy Reagan – all to a soundtrack of Duran Duran, Tears for Fears and Run DMC.

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‘The 1980s was a great time for fashion and music,’ says the show’s star, Don Cheadle. ‘It was so much fun to look at the things that people thought were really cool back then. They seem ridiculous now.’