In GCSE History media, communications and leisure in Britain during the period from 1960 to 1979 are all covered. One particular topic looked at is the "Swinging Sixties".
The "Swinging Sixties" were superficially a time of prosperity, of leisure, of freedom and of great cultural vitality in Britain. However, there was a darker side: challenging events abroad and serious social problems at home fought for media attention with the more ephemeral pop music and fashion coverage which filled the leisure time and interest of the younger generation.
Learn more about "Swinging Sixties" Britain and the media and society of the time in this informative quiz.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Rebuilding the country after 1945
Many of the station's DJs became very well known and went on to forge successful careers on land
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Like many sixties phenomena, the street had a relatively brief period of popularity
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The problem of homelessness loomed large in the 60s. Governments had not built enough housing stock and exploitative landlords like Peter Rachman preyed on poorer people
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The programme did not continue into 1964, as the BBC felt that it would be inappropriate during an election year
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People were focused not just on the more trivial sixties phenomena, but also on major international events which could have a serious impact on the rest of the world
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The magazine was relentlessly opposed to the "Establishment". In the early 1960s this meant opposing the Conservative governments of Macmillan and Home; in the later 1960s it attacked the Wilson Labour government
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The "counterculture" introduced new styles in music, painting, fashion, film, theatre and literature
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For many young people this summer was the year when they fully embraced the 1960s ethos, and lost a good many inhibitions. For many other people, older and poorer perhaps, little seemed to change
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US audiences objected to much of the musical's content. In Britain the attendance of Princess Anne at the show raised public awareness of the nature of the piece
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The trial gave the book publicity and once it was legalised sales shot up
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