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Teenage Rebels 1960-1962

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Sex, Spies and Rock and Roll 1962-1964

Swinging Britain 1965-1966

Peace & Protest 1967-1968

The Party's Over 1969-1970

The 60s: The Beatles Decade

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2008

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Sex, Spies and Rock and Roll 1962-1964

Season 1 · Episode 2 · Aug 28, 2008

In Liverpool in 1962 the Beatles caused a sensation at the Cavern Club. They had only one single to their name. But a fateful meeting with Brian Epstein was to help them top the charts. Epstein changed their image from the American biker look and soon realised the sixties was the selling decade. Youth was all the rage and the old Tory Prime Minister Harold McMillan seemed out of step with the times. The Profumo sex scandal nailed the Tories and before long Harold Wilson's Labour government took power. The age of deference had passed and the Beatles played up their cheeky persona. As 'Beatlemania' was exported around the world, it embodied the optimism and national pride which had infected Britain. By the end of 1964 Britain had shifted into a modern age. The Beatles success was evidence that a more meritocratic society had arrived and class barriers had fallen.

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The 60s: The Beatles Decade

TV Series

2008

Documentary

Now playing

Sex, Spies and Rock and Roll 1962-1964

Season 1 · Episode 2 · Aug 28, 2008

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