Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee: Punk ro...

The anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko, leader of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa, died in a police cell in 1977. The South African police claimed he'd gone on hunger strike and had starved himself to death, but he had only been in prison a matter of days. Helen ...  Show more

John Howard Griffin, a white journalist, dyed his skin black to experience segregation in America's Deep South. John Howard Griffin wrote a book about his seven week experience.*** Listeners should be aware that some of the language in this programme reflects the historical conte ...  Show more

En 1965, la Reine Elizabeth avait remis aux Beatles la médaille de l'ordre de l'Empire Britannique, et 4 ans plus tard, cachée à la fin de leur album Abbey Road, les Beatles interprétaient "Her Majesty", morceau, qui a fait entrer la Reine dans la pop music. Dans son album Crabou ...  Show more

Malcolm Mclaren tries to rock the British establishment by releasing the Sex Pistols shocking new single on the day of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. Only thing stopping him is the band’s addiction to causing chaos.

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C'est la série Pistols, de Danny Boyle, qui a convaincu Nicolas Tittley et Marc Coiteux de raconter l'histoire de ce groupe emblématique. Les mélomanes qui ont déjà fait planer nos auditeurs et auditrices sur les sons des Clash et de Patti Smith se font un plaisir de clôturer leu ...  Show more

We hear personal accounts of historical moments during the seventy year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Memories from the Queen's maids of honour from her coronation in 1953; the huge race her horse very nearly won as well as the Windsor Castle fire and the opening to the public ...