The years 1969 to 79 looked good on the dancefloor, as BBC4's new documentary The Joy Of Disco proves

The New York gay crowd mixed soul with LSD, the Europeans brought the synths … and the aftershocks have reverberated for decadesThere are many fine moments in BBC4's The Joy Of Disco, a 60-minute romp through the 10 years, 1969-79, in which the musical genre born from the groovier end of US soul and the struggles of black and gay New Yorkers came to devour the planet in a silken swirl of polysexual liberation, taking in the Stonewall riots, Studio 54, Saturday Night Fever and the bizarre 1979 ...

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