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The Rock 'n' Roll Years

BBC One
on BBC One London

This week: 1961.
It is the start of the race to put a man on the moon - and a time of hope and increasing prosperity.
The news - Gordon Lonsdale and others are tried for spying; Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space; Cuba is invaded; South Africa becomes a republic;
Nureyev leaps to freedom, and the Berlin Wall goes up. The music - the Shadows, the Allisons, Ricky Nelson , Roy Orbison , Helen Shapiro and Dion.
Research Sue Gagan
Producer Sue Mallinson (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Lonsdale
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Yuri Gagarin
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Ricky Nelson
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Roy Orbison
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Helen Shapiro
Source: Radio Times

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