Reeling in the Years
1962
Season 4 Episode 1 of 8
A dip into the news and music archives for a retrospective of 1962, the year the Beatles' debut single Love Me Do was released and Sean Connery starred in the first James Bond film, Dr No. The twist was the most popular dance craze around, Dublin said farewell to the Evening Mail and in October the Cuban missile crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Includes music by Neil Sedaka, the Ronnie Drew Group, Chubby Checker, Cliff Richard and Roy Orbison
Reeling in the Years airs on RTE One HD at 8:00 PM, Thursday 27 November. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
Topics
News ➝ Current Affairs
Documentary
John O'Regan
Producer