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Original Series: 6. 1968-69: The Swinging Sixties
Sophisticated pop featuring Alan Price, Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger and the exceptionally sophisticated Herman's Hermits.
Source: BBC 4
Most recent episodes of Sounds of the Sixties
Sounds Of The Sixties
8. Hip To The Trip
Ten-part series featuring rock, pop and R&B performances from the BBC archives. This edition features psychedelia and counter-culture, with performances by the Who, Pink Floyd, ...
16-08-2024
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Sounds Of The Sixties
Original Series: 4. The Folk Revival
A trawl through the BBC's archives for 60s music with an acoustic bent. Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Tim Buckley feature.
16-08-2024
BBC 4
Sounds Of The Sixties
Original Series: 7. The Singer And The Song
Series featuring rock, pop and R'n'B performances from the BBC archives, with Sandie Shaw, Dusty Springfield, Long John Baldry, Tom Jones and Cliff Richard.
19-07-2024
BBC 4
Sounds Of The Sixties
Reversions: 3. 1964-5: Getting In On The Act 3
The Seekers kick off this episode of the sixties archive pop programme. Crosby, Stills and Nash precursors the Hollies and the Byrds also appear.
08-04-2022
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Sounds Of The Sixties
Reversions: 12. First Steps 2
Craig Douglas gets lonesome, Joe Brown & the Bruvvers only take a minute, and Peter & Gordon live in a world without love in this swinging sixties archive show.
01-04-2022
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Sounds Of The Sixties
Reversions: 11. First Steps
The Springfields, the Shadows and the Rolling Stones appear in this progressively more rebellious look at BBC early 1960s archive pop music.
18-03-2022
BBC 4
Sounds Of The Sixties
Reversions: 10. Swinging Sixties 1
Forget Madchester, forget Factory, forget Oasis. Manchester never sounded better than Herman's Hermits and the Hollies, who feature in this archive extravaganza.
11-03-2022
BBC 4
Sounds Of The Sixties
Reversions: 5. The Singer And The Song
Sandie Shaw, Dusty Springfield and Lulu sing a few classics in this solo artist-themed episode of the sixties archive pop programme.
18-02-2022
BBC 4
Sounds Of The Sixties
3. 1964-6: The Beat Room
Things 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 Ho ...
02-07-2021
BBC 4
Sounds Of The Sixties
Original Series: 10. 1968-69: The Progressive Tendency
The focus of this edition is the late 60s, a time of supergroups and guitar heroes including Pink Floyd, Donovan, the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac and Jimi Hendrix.
02-04-2021
BBC 4
Most popular episodes of Sounds of the Sixties
Sounds Of The Sixties
Original Series: 4. The Folk Revival
A trawl through the BBC's archives for 60s music with an acoustic bent. Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Tim Buckley feature.
16-08-2024
BBC 4
Sounds Of The Sixties
8. Hip To The Trip
Ten-part series featuring rock, pop and R&B performances from the BBC archives. This edition features psychedelia and counter-culture, with performances by the Who, Pink Floyd, ...
13-12-2014
BBC 4
Sounds Of The Sixties
Original Series: 2. 1964-5: Getting In On The Act
More 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 Byrd ...
08-08-2016
BBC 4
Sounds Of The Sixties
3. 1964-6: The Beat Room
Things 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 Ho ...
02-07-2021
BBC 4
Sounds Of The Sixties
Original Series: 2. 1964-5: Getting In On The Act
More 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 Byrd ...
08-08-2016
BBC 4
Sounds Of The Sixties
Original Series: 6. 1968-69: The Swinging Sixties
Sophisticated pop featuring Alan Price, Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger and the exceptionally sophisticated Herman's Hermits.
09-10-2020
BBC 4
Sounds Of The Sixties
Reversions: 5. The Singer And The Song
Sandie Shaw, Dusty Springfield and Lulu sing a few classics in this solo artist-themed episode of the sixties archive pop programme.
18-02-2022
BBC 4
Sounds Of The Sixties
Reversions: 6. 1964-6 The Beat Room
Featuring vintage performances from Tom Jones, the Kinks and the Moody Blues.
05-02-2016
BBC 4
Sounds Of The Sixties
Original Series: 9. In Living Colour
More 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 al ...
28-08-2020
BBC 4
Sounds Of The Sixties
Original Series: 5. 1967-68: The Pop Boom
By 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 Roll ...
24-07-2020
BBC 4