British people now have more free time and holidays than they did twenty years ago. The (26) number of working hours has fallen, and by the mid-1980s almost all full-time manual employees were (27) to four weeks’ holiday or more, in addition to public holidays including (28) and Easter. The increasing number of unemployed, (29) the young, means that large (30) of the population have found themselves with more leisure time. Typical popular (31) in the UK include listening to pop music, going to a bar, playing and watching sports, going on holidays, enjoying outdoor activities, and watching TV. The number of people playing sports has risen, partly due to the (32) of more sporting (33) such as local leisure centers. (34) . Among the most popular sporting activities are walking, swimming, snooker and darts; fishing is the most popular country sport. Football, cricket, horse racing and motor sports are all popular spectator sports. (35) . Multi-screen cinemas have become more common and the number of people going to the cinema increased in the mid-1980s, after having fallen by more than a half between 1981 and 1984. (36) .