The 1960s (1): Britain 1959 – 1962 (From Austerity to Affluence)

Playlist (Texts read and Music played)

1. Acker Bilk: ‘Stranger on the Shore’
2. Helen Shapiro: ‘Walking Back to Happiness’
3. Arthur Marwick: ‘The 1960s’ (extract)
4. Lonnie Donegan: ‘My Old Man’s a Dustman’
5. John Osborne: ‘Look Back in Anger’ (extract)
6. Paul Muldoon: ‘Cuba’ (poem)
7. Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen: ‘Midnight in Moscow’
8. Peter Porter: ‘Your Attention Please’
9. John Betjeman: ‘The Dear Old Village’
10. Tom Lehrer: ‘So Long, Mom, I’m off to drop the bomb!’
11. Adam Faith: ‘What do you want (if you don’t want money)?’
12. The Tornados: ‘Telstar’
13. Frankie Vaughan: ‘Tower of Strength’
14. Cliff Richard: ‘The Young Ones’
15. ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’-Trial (extract)
16. Adam Faith: ‘Poor Me’
17. Helen Shapiro: ‘You Don’t Know’
18. Christopher Booker: ‘The Neophiliacs’ (extract)
19. Colin MacInnes: ‘Absolute Beginners’ (extract)
20. Edwin Morgan: ‘The Death of Marilyn Monroe’ (poem)
21. Marlyn Monroe: ‘Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend’