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1968

Episode 18 of 50

Introduced by Jeremy Vine. 1968 was a turbulent year of assassination in America, protest in Paris and invasion in Prague.

Radio 2's audio journey through five decades reaches 1968. Jeremy Vine introduces a collage of the music, news, people and programmes - as they were heard at the time - without any commentary, analysis, or hindsight.

1968 is a turbulent year: Martin Luther King and Bobbie Kennedy both fall to assassin's bullets. Russian tanks snuff out the Prague Spring, Paris is in flames as students go on the rampage, and three American athletes give the black power salute at the Mexico Olympics. And the music reflects the mood: Arthur Brown's Fire, Jose Feliciano's Light My Fire and Julie Driscoll's This Wheel's on Fire.

57 minutes

Last on

Tue 5 May 2015 23:00
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Music Played

  • Arlo Guthrie

    Alice's Restaurant

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    All Along The Watchtower

  • Cream

    We're Going Wrong

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    America

  • Laurie Johnson

    The Avengers

  • Mel Brooks

    Springtime for Hitler

  • Love Affair

    Everlasting Love

  • The Beatles

    Revolution

  • The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

    Fire

  • Small Faces

    Lazy Sunday

  • Tom Jones

    Help Yourself

  • Love Sculpture

    Sabre Dance

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Albatross

  • JosΓ© Feliciano

    Light My Fire

  • Mason Williams

    Classical Gas

  • Long John Baldry

    Mexico

  • James Brown

    Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)

  • Aretha Franklin

    I Say A Little Prayer

  • Mary Hopkin

    Those Were The Days

  • The Beatles

    Hey Jude

  • Ray Stevens

    Mr Businessman

  • The Moody Blues

    Nights In White Satin

Credit

Producer Trevor Dann

Broadcasts

  • Thu 4 Aug 2011 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Tue 5 May 2015 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2