The Sixties; The Beatles Decade

Name: The Sixties; The Beatles Decade
Released: 2006-07-10T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary

Documentary series drawing a parallel between events of the 1960s and the Beatles' career

2006 · 44m

EPISODE 1

Teenage Rebels: 1960-1962

Taking a close look at how the Beatles personified the huge changes that the 1960s witnessed. The Beatles decade began with a chance encounter in Liverpool.
EPISODE 2

Sex, Spies and Rock and Roll: 1962-1964

How the Beatles reflected the 1960s. In Liverpool, the Fab Four rocked the Cavern Club. Soon the Profumo sex scandal would usher in a new age.
EPISODE 3

Swinging Britain: 1965-1966

How the Beatles personified the 1960s. Fashion labels like Biba, faces like Twiggy, and hairdressers like Vidal Sassoon were all part of Swinging London.
EPISODE 4

Street Fighting Years: 1967 -1968

How the Beatles personified the 1960s. The Beatles produced the drug-fuelled Sergeant Pepper, which would have far-reaching cultural influences.
EPISODE 5

The Party's Over: 1969 - 1970

How the Beatles personified the 1960s. The education system and attitudes to feminism had changed enormously by the decade's end.

Season 1