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'''''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.<br />
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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.<br />
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For instance, the programme on 1960 featured the [[Sharpeville massacre]], the Russians shooting down two US spy planes, the advent of [[stiletto heel]]s and the election of John 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.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0094ctx BBC - BBC Four Programmes - The Rock 'n' Roll Years, 1960<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br />
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The theme tune to ''The Rock 'n' Roll Years'' was a [[medley (music)|medley]] containing riffs from a number of popular songs, including for example "[[(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction]]" by [[The Rolling Stones]] and "[[Layla]]" by [[Derek and the Dominos]]. The first set of episodes covered the years 1956–63, and was aired over July and August 1985. The second set covered 1964–71, and aired between June and August 1986. The years 1972–80 were over the same period in 1987.<br />
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For the 1994 series, which covered 1981–89, a similar medley was created using extracts from 1980s hits such as "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin"]] by [[Madonna]], "[[Radio Ga Ga]]" by [[Queen (band)|Queen]], "[[Every Breath You Take]]" by [[the Police]], "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]" by [[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid]] and "[[The Look of Love (ABC song)|The Look of Love]]" by [[ABC (band)|ABC]]. These episodes were aired between February and April.<br />
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==Series overview==<br />
{{Series overview<br />
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| linkT0S = Pilot<br />
| start0S = {{Start date|1984|5|3|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rock 'n' Roll Years |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f9908845dd9d497dbdcb1eedd9de7ed3 |website=BBC Genome |accessdate=17 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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| start1 = {{Start date|1985|7|7|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rock 'n' Roll Years |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0976871c547d4b4f870243a971a3070e |website=BBC Genome |accessdate=17 March 2019}}</ref><br />
| end1 = {{End date|1985|8|25|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rock 'n' Roll Years |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/19fb06a2cb2a4c87b5c4091326ebdefa |website=BBC Genome |accessdate=17 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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| color2 = <br />
| link2 = #Series 2<br />
| episodes2 = 8<br />
| start2 = {{Start date|1986|6|30|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rock 'n' Roll Years |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/63760c918f3845c5b91e6e7ed6b2cfd2 |website=BBC Genome |accessdate=17 March 2019}}</ref><br />
| end2 = {{End date|1986|8|18|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rock 'n' Roll Years |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e8624d09b2cf40a7bd3ed5fee7254ab3 |website=BBC Genome |accessdate=17 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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| link3 = #Series 3<br />
| episodes3 = 9<br />
| start3 = {{Start date|1987|6|29|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rock 'n' Roll Years |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f495a1765c99449db79c6883875840fc |website=BBC Genome |accessdate=17 March 2019}}</ref><br />
| end3 = {{End date|1987|8|31|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rock 'n' Roll Years |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/52a72b5f1f6f4425921513b47594d195 |website=BBC Genome |accessdate=17 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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| episodes4 = 9<br />
| start4 = {{Start date|1994|3|2|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rock V Roll Years - the 80s |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3d0ccfaf5fde4a54b92056f3dd51ca8b |website=BBC Genome |accessdate=17 March 2019}}</ref><br />
| end4 = {{End date|1994|4|27|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rock V Roll Years - the 80s |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c94c435e8996460f9faf73509bbe73fa |website=BBC Genome |accessdate=17 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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==List of episodes==<br />
===Pilot===<br />
{{Episode table |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes=<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 1<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1<br />
| Title = 1966<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|5|3|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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===Series 1===<br />
{{Episode table |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes=<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 2<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1<br />
| Title = 1956<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|7|7|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 3<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2<br />
| Title = 1957<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|7|14|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 4<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3<br />
| Title = 1958<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|7|21|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 5<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4<br />
| Title = 1959<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|7|28|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 6<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5<br />
| Title = 1960<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|8|4|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 7<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6<br />
| Title = 1961<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|8|11|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 8<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7<br />
| Title = 1962<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|8|18|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 9<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8<br />
| Title = 1963<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|8|25|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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===Series 2===<br />
{{Episode table |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes=<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 10<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1<br />
| Title = 1964<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|6|30|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 11<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2<br />
| Title = 1965<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|7|7|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 12<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3<br />
| Title = 1966<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|7|14|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 13<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4<br />
| Title = 1967<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|7|21|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 14<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5<br />
| Title = 1968<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|7|28|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 15<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6<br />
| Title = 1969<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|8|4|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 16<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7<br />
| Title = 1970<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|8|11|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 17<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8<br />
| Title = 1971<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|8|18|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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===Series 3===<br />
{{Episode table |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes=<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 18<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1<br />
| Title = 1972<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|6|29|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 19<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2<br />
| Title = 1973<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|7|6|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 20<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3<br />
| Title = 1974<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|7|20|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 21<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4<br />
| Title = 1975<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|7|27|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 22<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5<br />
| Title = 1976<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|8|3|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 23<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6<br />
| Title = 1977<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|8|10|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 24<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7<br />
| Title = 1978<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|8|17|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 25<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8<br />
| Title = 1979<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|8|24|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 26<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9<br />
| Title = 1980<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|8|31|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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===Series 4===<br />
{{Episode table |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes=<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 27<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1<br />
| Title = 1981<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|3|2|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 28<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2<br />
| Title = 1982<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|3|9|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 29<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3<br />
| Title = 1983<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|3|16|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 30<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4<br />
| Title = 1984<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|3|23|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 31<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5<br />
| Title = 1985<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|3|30|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 32<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6<br />
| Title = 1986<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|4|6|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 33<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7<br />
| Title = 1987<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|4|13|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 34<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8<br />
| Title = 1988<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|4|20|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 35<br />
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9<br />
| Title = 1989<br />
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|4|27|df=y}}<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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==Similar formats==<br />
Other programmes with similar formats are:<br />
*''[[History Rocks]]'' on [[History (U.S. TV channel)|The History Channel]]<br />
*''[[Pop-up Video]]'' on [[VH1]]<br />
*''[[Reeling in the Years]]'' on [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]<br />
*''[[Siar Sna…]]'' on [[TG4]]<br />
*"[[Pop Goes Northern Ireland]]" on [[BBC Northern Ireland]]<br />
*''[[Alba (TV series)|Alba]]'' on [[BBC Alba]]<br />
*''[[That's So...]]'' on [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]]<br />
*''[[Rewind (Scottish TV series)|Rewind]]'' on [[BBC Scotland]]<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
{{unreferenced section|date=August 2018}}<br />
As part of his 1987 Christmas Special, [[Lenny Henry]] performed a [[Parody|spoof]] version of the show. He lampooned various artists including [[Mungo Jerry]], [[Tina Turner]] and [[Michael Jackson]].<br />
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Another version of the show appeared online only on the BBC's ''Doctor Who'' website in 2004, covering the adventures of the Doctor from the 1960s to the 1980s, using footage from the sci-fi series and accompanying music from each of the decades as per the regular format of the show.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0136660|title=The Rock 'n' Roll Years}}<br />
*{{epguides|RocknRollYears}}<br />
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