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The Rock and Poll Years

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A new five-part series mixing pop and politics to chart the ups and downs of our leaders as they face the general election campaign. This week
Humphrey Lyttelton recalls 1955 when SirWinston Churchill stood down as Prime Minister at the age of 80. Up against his successor, SirAnthony Eden, was ClementAttlee, whose LabourPartywas hopelessly split. In the charts, Shake, Rattle and RollbyBiU Haley and the Comets became the first rock'n'roll record to break into the top five. Producer Chris Bond

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