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The Sixties; The Beatles Decade

  • 1 Series
  • 5 Episodes
  • Category: History
  • Subtitles available

Documentary series drawing a parallel between events of the 1960s and the Beatles' career

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All episodes for series 1 of The Sixties; The Beatles Decade

  • S1 E1 · Teenage Rebels: 1960-1962

    The Beatles decade began with a chance encounter in Liverpool between teens John and Paul.

  • S1 E2 · Sex, Spies and Rock and Roll: 1962-1964

    The Beatles were a sensation at the Cavern Club, but a sex scandal ushered in a new age.

  • S1 E3 · Swinging Britain: 1965-1966

    Fashion labels like Biba and new faces like Twiggy were all part of Swinging London.

  • S1 E4 · Street Fighting Years: 1967 -1968

    How the drug-fuelled Sergeant Pepper album would have far-reaching cultural influences.

  • S1 E5 · The Party's Over: 1969 - 1970

    The education system and attitudes to feminism had changed enormously by the decade's end.

  • Guy Martin's World War 1 Tank

    Description: Guy builds a working replica of a WWI tank and drives it at a Remembrance Day parade.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 1 episode available.

  • Guy Martin's Spitfire

    Description: Guy joins the two-year restoration of a Spitfire that was buried in a French beach.; Category: Engineering; 1 episode available.

  • Guy Martin's Lancaster Bomber

    Description: The history enthusiast honours Lancaster bomber crews of the Second World War.; Category: Military & War; 1 episode available.

  • Guy Martin's D-Day Landing

    Description: Guy parachutes into Normandy to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.; Category: Military & War; 1 episode available.

  • Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution

    Description: Six-part documentary series detailing the history of the Nazis' largest concentration camp; Category: Military & War; 6 episodes available.

  • Churchill's Bodyguard

    Description: Historical documentary series based upon the memoirs of Walter Thompson.; Category: History; 13 episodes available.

  • The Men and the Machines that Beat Hitler

    Description: Documentary about the veterans who fought in the 5th Royal Tank Regiment during WWII.; Category: Military & War; 2 episodes available.

  • The World at War

    Description: Acclaimed British documentary series from the 1970s telling the story of World War II; Category: Military & War; 26 episodes available.

  • Forbidden History

    Description: Jamie Theakston investigates incredible tales from the annals of history.; Category: History; 11 episodes available.

  • England's Forgotten Queen: The Life & Death of Lady Jane Grey

    Description: The story of the de facto Queen of England and Ireland for nine days in 1553.; Category: History; 3 episodes available.

  • World War Weird

    Description: Documentary series taking an alternative look at the stranger side of the two world wars.; Category: Military & War; 8 episodes available.

  • Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow

    Description: Dan Snow is taking on a massive historical challenge, to run the Grand Canyon.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 2 episodes available.