1960s Additional Context Notes

- London at the heart of international style and cultural revolution
- End 1960- end of compulsory national service
- Iconic new superhero arrives: James Bond!
- Fab 4 and the Rolling Stones
- Times changing: angry young man in cinema
- Social comment: ‘Cathy Come Home’ and ‘Alfie’ – sexual revolution
- The Pill and the sexual revolution
- By end 1960s- 95% owed TV set
- BBC2 added 1962
- 1967 Radio 1 launched.
- Emergence of new sub-cultures:
Teddy Boys
Modern Jazz kids
Trad Jazz kids
Beatniks (Mods, Rockers, Bikers, hippies)
Skinheads