1968 The Year of Dreams What Revolution? What Revolution?
Nigel Fountain ignores the advice of Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman who said, 'Riots are holy, so don't screw around with explanations.' All the street-cries of 68 - Legalise pot! Burn the files! Black power! Victory to the NLF! Do it! - all the marches and manifestos in London, New York, Paris and Chicago, could be summed up by the slogan 'Be a realist - demand the impossible!' The young revolutionaries set out to change the system and they failed. But instead they changed a generation.
A six-part review of the turbulent year 1968, when the post-war generation shook the world by challenging the power and ideas of their elders.
Primary Title
- 1968 The Year of Dreams
Secondary Title
- What Revolution?
Episode Title
- What Revolution?
Date Broadcast
- Monday 24 April 1989
Start Time
- 20 : 05
Finish Time
- 20 : 39
Duration
- 34:05
Episode
- 1
Channel
- 1YA - National Programme
Broadcaster
- New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Station
- 1YA
Owning Organisation
- BBC
Programme Description
- A six-part review of the turbulent year 1968, when the post-war generation shook the world by challenging the power and ideas of their elders.
Episode Description
- Nigel Fountain ignores the advice of Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman who said, 'Riots are holy, so don't screw around with explanations.' All the street-cries of 68 - Legalise pot! Burn the files! Black power! Victory to the NLF! Do it! - all the marches and manifestos in London, New York, Paris and Chicago, could be summed up by the slogan 'Be a realist - demand the impossible!' The young revolutionaries set out to change the system and they failed. But instead they changed a generation.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Radio
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Current affairs
- History
Hosts
- Nigel Fountain (Presenter)
Contributors
- Peter Everett (Producer, BBC Manchester)