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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
