The Rock 'n' Roll Years

1971

S2 • E8    Aug 18, 1986    30m
Cambridge dons join their students in demonstrating against the deportation of Rudi Dutschke; Daniel Ellsberg risks jail by leaking Pentagon secrets; a million British workers strike against Conservative industrial policy, John Lennon cheers them on with 'Power to the People'; footage of an epic performance of 'While my guitar gently weeps' by Eric Clapton and George Harrison.

Where to Watch The Rock 'n' Roll Years - S2 • E8

Cast of 1971

  • Idi AminSelf
  • BadfingerThemselves
  • Elias BredsdorffSelf - Professor of Linguistics
  • Joe BugnerSelf
  • James CallaghanSelf - MP, Shadow Home Secretary
  • Robert CarrSelf - Secretary of State for Employment
  • Barbara CastleSelf - MP, Shadow Employment Minister
  • Eric ClaptonSelf
  • Henry CooperSelf
  • Bernadette DevlinSelf - MP
  • Rudi DutschkeSelf
  • Daniel EllsbergSelf
  • Vic FeatherSelf - TUC Leader
  • McGuinness FlintThemselves
  • Michael FootSelf - MP
  • Indira GandhiSelf - Prime Minister of India
  • George HarrisonSelf
  • Edward HeathSelf - Prime Minister
  • Marion HerrodSelf - Albert Hall Letting Manager
  • Tom JacksonSelf - Postal Workers' Leader

 

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