Sounds of the Sixties

Season 1

Series featuring rock, pop and R&B performances from the BBC archives.

Where to Watch Sounds of the Sixties • Season 1

10 Episodes

The First Steps
E1
The First StepsThe rock and pop series kicks off with the very birth of the decade, when pop was consigned to Crackerjack and rebellious singers still wore cardigans. But then Beatlemania came along. Features the fabulous Freddie and the Dreamers on Blue Peter and Pinky & Perky doing the Twist.
1964-5: Getting in on the Act
E2
1964-5: Getting in on the ActMore pop, rock and rhythm and blues from the archive as Sounds of the Sixties shifts up a gear with the great and lamentable from 1964 to 1965. It features the Seekers, the Byrds, the Rolling Stones and many more.
1964-66: The Beat Room
E3
1964-66: The Beat RoomThings get cool and serious in the archive rock show as it highlights the BBC's cutting-edge pop programme The Beat Room amongst others, with great performances from John Lee Hooker, The Pretty Things and Tom Jones. descmedium: The archive rock show highlights the BBC's pop programme The Beat Room amongst others, with performances from John Lee Hooker, The Pretty Things and Tom Jones.
The Folk Revival
E4
The Folk RevivalA trawl through the BBC's archives for 60s music with an acoustic bent. Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Tim Buckley feature.
1967-68: The Pop Boom
E5
1967-68: The Pop BoomBy now Top of the Pops was an established part of the pop scene, and a group's appearance on the show was essential to a single's success. With footage of the Bee Gees, the Rolling Stones and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich amongst others.
1968-69: The Swinging Sixties
E6
1968-69: The Swinging Sixtiesthis time looking at the height of the hippie era. Featuring the music of Manfred Mann, Herman's Hermits, Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger, the Alan Price Set, the Crazy World of Arthur Brown and the Rolling Stones.
The Singer and the Song
E7
The Singer and the SongRock, pop and R'n'B performances from the BBC archives, with Sandie Shaw, Dusty Springfield, Long John Baldry, Lulu, Tom Jones, Brenton Wood, Cliff Richard, Cilla Black and Peter Sarstedt.
Hip to the Trip
E8
Hip to the TripThis edition features psychedelia and counter-culture, with performances by The Who, Pink Floyd, Joe Cocker and the Greaseband, The Nice and The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
In Living Colour
E9
In Living ColourMore from the BBC archive music programme. 1968 brought colour transmission to the BBC and artists such as The Kinks, The Moody Blues and The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band appear in all their polychrome glory.
1968-69: The Progressive Tendency
E10
1968-69: The Progressive TendencyThe BBC's music archive programme reaches the end of the sixties and features Pink Floyd, Donovan, Fleetwood Mac and Joni Mitchell.