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The Rock 'n' Roll Years

BBC One
on BBC One London

Newsreels, movies and performance footage linked with the music of the time.
This week the year is 1962. Among the headlines, John Glenn orbits the earth,
Rod Laver wins the grand slam, the first TV pictures are (almost) beamed to Europe by the Telstar satellite, the world reaches the brink of nuclear war, and Marilyn Monroe dies. The music is by Cliff Richard and the Shadows, Gene Pitney , Eden Kane , Billy Fury , Petula Clark and the Beatles.
Producer Ann Freer
( Pos tponed from 28 May)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Glenn
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Rod Laver
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Marilyn Monroe
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Cliff Richard
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Gene Pitney
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Eden Kane
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Billy Fury
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Petula Clark
Producer:
Ann Freer
Source: Radio Times

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