Reeling in the Years

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.