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Mods, Rockers and Bank Holiday Mayhem

Gideon Coe

Rebecca Whyte

William Naylor

Timeshift: Series 14: Episode 1: Mods, Rockers and Bank Holiday Mayhem

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Episode 1: Mods, Rockers and Bank Holiday Mayhem

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BBC Four - Timeshift, Series 14, Mods, Rockers and Bank Holiday Mayhem

A look back at the bank holiday 'battles of the beaches', when mods fought with rockers.

A look back at the bank holiday 'battles of the beaches', when hundreds of mods and rockers flocked to seaside resorts on scooters and motorbikes in search of thrills and spills.

A trip back to the days when 'style wars' were just that - violent confrontations about the clothes you wore. Spring 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of the bank holiday 'battles of the beaches', when hundreds of mods and rockers flocked to seaside resorts on scooters and motorbikes in search of thrills and spills. 

Timeshift tells the story of how this led to violence, arrests and widespread concern about the state of British youth. But mods and rockers had more in common than was first obvious - they were the first generation of baby boomers to reach their teenage years at a time when greater prosperity and wider freedoms were transforming what it meant to be young.

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