Heads up: The Sixties - The British Invasion (on 'Yesterday' TV)
I've been watching this excellent CNN series on Yesterday, and I'd recommend catching up on the previous episodes if you get the chance.
There are two episodes tonight, the first of which is the aforementioned The British Invasion.
There's a trailer
HERE.
Here are details and transmission times for the remaining episodes in Series 1:
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.
- Tuesday 21st October: 9pm
- Wednesday 22nd October: 8pm
The Times They Are A-Changin':A riveting study of this landmark era of change. The women's liberation movement and the Stonewall riots were among the fights for rights in the 1960s.
- Tuesday 21st October: 10pm
- Wednesday 22nd October: 7pm
The Space Race:A look back at the fierce, decade-long space race between America and the Soviet Union, which culminated in a giant leap for mankind - Apollo 11's manned trip to the Moon.
- Tuesday 28th October: 9pm
- Wednesday 29th October: 8pm
Television Comes of Age:Tom Hanks executive produces this terrific documentary series on the swinging Sixties. How TV influenced, and was influenced by, the decade's watershed events and cultural changes.
- Tuesday 28th October: 10pm
- Monday 3rd November: 8pm
Sex, Drugs and Rock n' Roll:- Tuesday 4th November: 9pm
- Wednesday 5th November: 8pm
A Monumental Year, 1968:- Tuesday 4th November: 10pm
- Wednesday 5th November: 12pm
A Long March to Freedom- Tuesday 11th November: 9pm
- Wednesday 12th November: 7pm
A Long March to Freedom: Part 2 Previous episodes:
- Television Comes Of Age
- The World On The Brink
- The Assassination Of President Kennedy
- The War In Vietnam