Season 4 - 1960's
The fourth series focused on the 1960s (1962 to 1969 only) and first aired on Friday nights from 10 September to 29 October 2004. It features neither 1960 nor 1961 as these pre-date the official launch of Telefís Éireann, the television arm of the national broadcaster. It was felt, presumably, that there would be too little archive material from which to make an engaging programme about these years. Indeed, the episodes covering the first half of the 1960s are characterised by extensive use of photographs and posters, as opposed to film and video footage, to represent various historical events.
01. 1962
In the first programme of the new series, a look back at 1962 when the Beatles had their first hit, Sean Connery played James Bond, and the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world close to nuclear war.
Music:
Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
The Beatles - Love Me Do
Ketty Lester - Love Letters
The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Chubby Checker - The Twist
Cliff Richard and The Shadows - The Young Ones
Patsy Cline - Crazy
Dion - The Wanderer
Kenny Lynch - Up On The Roof
The Ronnie Drew Group - McAlpine's Fusiliers
Roy Orbison - Dream Baby
02. 1963
A look back at 1963 when President Kennedy visited Ireland, Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, and President Kennedy was assassinated.
Music:
The Beatles - She Loves You
Dusty Springfield - I Only Want to Be With You
The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron
Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind
Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou
Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
Gerry and the Pacemakers - How Do You Do It?
Cliff Richard and The Shadows - Summer Holiday
Gerry and the Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone
03. 1964
In this edition, a look back at 1964 when Lyndon Johnson won a landslide victory in the US, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali and World Champion, and fighting in Vietnam began in earnest. Closer to home, in the UK a series of riots broke out in southern England and in Ireland the stars for the 1964 Jacob's TV awards were announced and Gay Byrne and Kathleen Watkins marry.
Music:
The Beatles - I Feel Fine
Petula Clark - Downtown
The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun
Millie - My Boy Lollipop
Gerry and the Pacemakers - Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
Mary Wells - My Guy
The Beach Boys - I Get Around
Dionne Warwick - Walk on By
The Supremes - Baby Love
The Bachelors - Diane
04. 1965
In 1965, Taoiseach Sean Lemass travelled to Belfast to meet Northern Ireland's Prime Minister Terence O'Neill and O'Neill made a return visit to Dublin. The Russians carried out a successful space walk, and in Alabama civil rights demonstrators were attacked when they staged a Freedom March.
Music:
Brendan Bowyer with the Royal Showband - The Hucklebuck
The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Donovan - Catch the Wind
The Temptations - My Girl
The Hollies - I'm Alive
Otis Redding - Ole Man Trouble
Sonny and Cher - I Got You Babe
Butch Moore - Walking the Streets in the Rain
Val Doonican - Walk Tall
05. 1966
This week, a look at 1966. England won the World Cup, Indira Gandhi became prime minister of India, and Eamon de Valera was president of Ireland for a second term.
Music:
The Rolling Stones - Get off of My Cloud
Tom Jones - Green Green Grass of Home
Dickie Rock - Come Back to Stay
The Who - My Generation
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
Chris Farlowe - Out of Time
06. 1967
A look back to 1967 when Elvis got hitched, Mick Jagger was caught for drug offences, and the Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan was fought.
Music:
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
The Dubliners -Seven Drunken Nights
The Monkees - I'm a Believer
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe
Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower
Simon and Garfunkel - The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me
The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday
Seán Dunphy - If I Could Choose
Sandie Shaw - Puppet on a String
07. 1968
A look back at 1968 when the Ballymun development was completed, Apollo 8 orbited the moon, and the Beatles released Yellow Submarine.
Music:
The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
Cliff Richard - Congratulations
Pat McGeegan - Chance of a Lifetime
Massiel - La, La, La
The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin
Bob Dylan - Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - I Second That Emotion
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It through the Grapevine
Joe Dolan - You're Such a Good Looking Woman
08. 1969
In the last of the series, a look at 1969 when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Concorde took to the skies, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono had a 'bed-in' for peace.