Name: The Sixties
Released: 2014-05-29T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · History

The 1960s was the decade America transformed from a country of conformity to a land of political, cultural and social liberation. The events of that tumultuous ten-year period reshaped America to such an extent that it still remains an epoch of fascination today and every step of the way, television helped frame and enable that change.

2014 · 42m

EPISODE 1

Television Comes Of Age

How TV influenced, and was influenced by, the decade's watershed events and cultural changes.
EPISODE 2

The World On The Brink

A look back at the tense political situations that arose in the 1960s, from the Cuban missile crisis to the Bay of Pigs invasion.
EPISODE 3

The Assassination Of President Kennedy

Examine the shocking murder of JFK and its impact upon a grieving nation.
EPISODE 4

The War In Vietnam

The brutal Vietnam War changed America forever. This turbulent period put paid to Lyndon Johnson's presidency, while opposition to the war was rife.
EPISODE 5

A Long March To Freedom

White America's appalling attitudes to race and segregation are exposed, as we revisit the work of the civil rights movement and hear first-hand accounts from advocates of equality.
EPISODE 6

The British Invasion

Britain launched a major pop offensive on America in the 1960s. The Fab Four's landmark gig on `The Ed Sullivan Show' fuelled Beatlemania and changed the musical landscape forever.