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Tim Pigott-Smith presents a unique audio snapshot of the 1960s. A rare opportunity to hear historical accounts from those who were actually there.
A wealth of BBC archive recordings, some never previously broadcasted, is interwoven with an illuminating commentary by the historian Joanna Bourke. Published in ten volumes, 'Eyewitness' examines the role and the life of the British people in each decade of the century. The 60s, being one of the landmark decades of the 20th Century, is among the many periods of time focused on. An era of profound social revolution, it created, for good or ill, the permissive society. But although London was swinging, economic crises, cold war fears, industrial strife and an emerging drug culture dampened the optimism. The voices of Harold Macmillan, Harold Wilson, Ian Paisley, Bernadette Devlin and Richard Ingrams; as well as students, feminists, Beatles fans and hippies; combine to throw light on this iconic decade.
Thought-provoking and moving, these are the voices of the past, speaking to the present.
