Psychedelic Britannia
A trip through the most visionary period in British music history - five kaleidoscopic years between 1965 and 1970, when a handful of dreamers reimagined pop music.
Documentary exploring the rise and fall of the most visionary period in British music history: five kaleidoscopic years between 1965 and 1970 when a handful of dreamers reimagined pop music.
When a generation of British R&B bands discovered LSD, conventions were questioned. From out of the bohemian underground and into the pop mainstream, the psychedelic era produced some of the most groundbreaking music ever made, pioneered by young improvising bands like Soft Machine and Pink Floyd, then quickly taken to the charts by the likes of The Beatles, Procol Harum, The Small Faces and The Moody Blues, even while being reimagined in the country by bucolic, folk-based artists like The Incredible String Band and Vashti Bunyan.
The film is narrated by Nigel Planer, with contributions and performances from artists who lived and breathed the psych revolution - Paul McCartney, Ginger Baker, Robert Wyatt, Roy Wood, The Zombies, Mike Heron, Vashti Bunyan, Joe Boyd, Gary Brooker, Arthur Brown, Kenney Jones, Barry Miles, The Pretty Things and The Moody Blues.
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Music Played
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Traffic
Paper Sun
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Joe Meek
The Bublight
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The Yardbirds
I'm a Man
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The Yardbirds
Still I'm Sad
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Cream
I Feel Free
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The Rolling Stones
Paint It Black
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The Beatles
Tomorrow Never Knows
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The Misunderstood
I Can Take You To The Sun
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Donovan
Do You Hear Me Now?
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Pink Floyd
Interstellar Overdrive
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Pink Floyd
Matilda Mother
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Orchestre de la SociΓ©tΓ© des Concerts du Conservatoire
Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium
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Tomorrow
My White Bicycle
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Soft Machine
Hope for Happiness
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Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope
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The Accent
Red Sky At Night
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The Deviants
Last Man
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Donovan
Sunshine Superman
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The Beatles
Strawberry Fields Forever
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Cream
I Feel Free (Album Version)
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Pink Floyd
Interstellar Overdrive
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Donovan
Sunshine Superman
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The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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Pink Floyd
Arnold Layne
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Pink Floyd
See Emily Play
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The Deviants
Nothing Man
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The Rolling Stones
She's A Rainbow
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The 23rd Turnoff
Leave Me Here
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Procol Harum
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
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The Zombies
Time of the Season
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Small Faces
Itchycoo Park
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The Zombies
She's Not There
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The Zombies
Time Of The Season
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The Move
I Can Hear The Grass Grow
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The Moody Blues
The Day Begins
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The Moody Blues
Tuesday Afternoon
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The Moody Blues
Nights in White Satin
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The Incredible String Band
Koeeoaddi There
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The Incredible String Band
The Iron Stone
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Mike Heron
A Very Cellular Song
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Vashti Bunyan
Rainbow River
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Vashti Bunyan
Diamond Day
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The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Fire
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Edgar Broughton Band
Love In The Rain
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Pink Floyd
The Great Gig In The Sky
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Pink Floyd
The Great Gig In The Sky
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Nigel Planer |
Producer | Sam Bridger |
Director | Sam Bridger |
Executive Producer | Mark Cooper |
Broadcasts
- Fri 23 Oct 2015 22:00
- Sat 24 Oct 2015 02:00
- Sat 24 Oct 2015 23:00
- Sat 8 Apr 2017 23:40
- Sun 9 Apr 2017 02:45
- Fri 18 Aug 2017 22:20
- Sat 19 Aug 2017 01:20
- Sat 28 Jul 2018 23:00
- Sat 25 May 2019 00:40
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