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I Love the 60s


Your trusted guide to the decade of short skirts and flower power.

19601960
JFK got himself elected President of the US, Elvis hit the UK, and Norman Bates went into the hotel business.
Your host: Jukebox Jury's David Jacobs

19611961
Russia won the space race, Audrey ate breakfast at Tiffany's, and a dirty great wall went up in Berlin.
Your host: Rita Tushingham

19621962
Peter Parker got bitten by a radioactive spider, Telstar went up, and Marilyn's candle blew
out.
Your host: Summer Holiday's Una Stubbs

19631963
JFK got shot, MLK had a dream, the Beatles hit the
big time, and Dr Who's TARDIS
broke down.
Your host: Merseybeat hero Gerry Marsden

19641964
Clay knocked out Sonny, women went topless,
Play School started, and Lenny Bruce was
in court.
Your host: The original DJ, Jimmy Saville

19651965
Churchill died, Vietnam exploded, Thunderbirds were go, and the hills were alive with the sound of Julie Andrews.
Your host: Puppet master Gerry Anderson

19661966
Skirts shrank, the Cultural Revolution began, England won the cup, and Alfie wondered what
it was all about.
Your host: Football commentator Stuart Hall

19671967
Ali refused the draft, flower children flocked
to Los Angeles, and Patrick McGoohan was Number Six.
Your host: Trumpton's Brian Cant

19681968
Bobby K and Martin Luther were killed,
Dad's Army was set up, and the apes
took control.
Your host: Adrian 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' Hall

19691969
Men walked on the moon, Concorde took off, Barbara Windsor went camping, and Rolf sang out the decade.
Your host: Patrick 'The Sky at Night' Moore

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