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The Rock 'n' Roll Years

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

1961
The race begins to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade - hope and prosperity are on a matching upswing.
News - Gordon Lonsdale and his ring are tried as spies,
Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space, Rudolf Nureyev leaps to freedom and the Berlin Wall goes up. Music - the Shadows, the Allisons, Ricky Nelson , Roy Orbison , Dion and Helen Shapiro
Series producer ANN FREER ProducerSUE MALUNSON

Contributors

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Gordon Lonsdale
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Yuri Gagarin
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Rudolf Nureyev
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Ricky Nelson
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Roy Orbison
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Helen Shapiro
Producer:
Ann Freer
Producer:
Sue Malunson
Source: Radio Times

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