The Rock 'n' Roll Years

Documentary series which revisits the years from when rock 'n' roll began, connecting the events with the music via newsreels, headlines, movies, broadcasts, and rock performance footage. The Rock 'n' Roll Years was a BBC television programme aired between 1985 and 1994. In a half-hour time slot the programme focused on a different year each week, starting with the year 1956 and ending with 1989. The format of the programme, which was based on the BBC Radio 1 series 25 Years of Rock, was primarily of news clips with narrative subtitles set to music of the time with no presenters or voice-overs. Archive footage of performers, mostly from BBC programmes such as Top of the Pops, was also featured. For instance, the programme on 1960 featured the Sharpeville massacre, the Russians shooting down two US spy planes, the advent of stiletto heels and the election of Kennedy to the White House set to music by Adam Faith, Duane Eddy and the Rebels, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, the Everly Brothers and Roy Orbison Like 25 Years of Rock the programme was noted for its occasionally witty juxtaposition of news footage with appropriate songs, as when an excerpt from the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana - in an episode made after the couple had split up - was accompanied by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross singing "Endless Love".

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 96411
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired July 7, 1985
  • Recent April 27, 1994
  • Airs Sunday,
  • Average Runtime 30 minutes
  • Genres News
  • Original Language English
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  • Created May 27, 2009 by
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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials 0
Season 1 July 1985 August 1986 8
Season 2 June 1986 August 1986 8
Season 3 June 1987 August 1987 9
Season 4 March 1994 April 1994 9
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Unassigned Episodes 34
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 34

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