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The Rock 'n' Roll Years

on BBC One London

1963: Hugh Gaitskell dies and Harold Wilson takes over as leader of the Opposition; Khrushchev and Kennedy sign a test ban treaty; Martin Luther King leads the Washington march; John Profumo leaves the political arena in disgrace; Henry Cooper puts Cassius Clay on the floor; Kennedy is assassinated; and Doctor Who is born. The music is by Bobby Vee, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Jan and Dean, the Beatles, Peter, Paul and Mary, and the Searchers.

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Producer:
Ann Freer

BBC One London

About BBC One

BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

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