Soundscape of 1969

The final year of the swinging 60s was one of contrasts; from the optimism of Woodstock and the "giant leap for mankind", to the violence and despair of Vietnam and Londonderry. Meanwhile TV went colour, the Concorde and the Jumbo Jet were both unveiled and John Lennon went to bed. Johnnie Walker introduces Radio 2's annual soundscape from 40 years ago. The audio collage of the news, music and media of the time includes the debut of Monty Python, the triumph of Tony Jacklin and De Gaulle's "au revoir". There was a Bad Moon Rising and Something In The Air... Running order and songs: All archive clips first broadcast in 1969 and were taken from BBC Archives. All newspaper extracts were taken from contemporaneous sources and read by Bill Bingham. * clips from The Woodstock Festival Radio 1 jingle Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air President Nixon - extract from his inaugural address News clip - Riots at the London School of Economics Squatters interviewed by Malcolm Billings at 144 Piccadilly Concord (then without its 'e') and the Boeing 747 (Jumbo Jet) launched Zager & Evans - In TheYear 2525 Vietnam War - actuality and news reports Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love News clip - Charles Manson's gang kills Sharan Tate at Roman Polanski's house Continuity announcement - BBC One "in colour" Trail - Take 3 Girls, a new series on BBC One News clip - republican Bernadette Devlin elected MP for mid-Ulster aged 21 Bernadette Devlin speaks, gunfire and actuality from N Ireland Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man The Rolling Stones -Hyde Park concert following death of guitarist Brian Jones News clip - Bogside, British troops Soldier in Derry, Alec Douglas-Home (foreign secretary) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising Prince Charles Investiture Radha Krishna Temple - Hare Krishna Mantra Desmond Dekker & Aces - Israelites Jimmy Young Show (Radios 1 & 2) - opening Archies - Sugar Sugar Jimmy Young Show recipe spot News clip - Paul McCartney marries Linda Eastman Beatles - The Ballad of John & Yoko News clip - John Lennon and Yoko Ono "bed-in" John Lennon speaks in Amsterdam Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance Monty Python's Flying Circus - opening sequence from the first show on BBC Two News clip - Radio licence abolished, TV licence raised Tony Jacklin wins the Open - commentary by Renton Laidlaw Cricket v West Indies - commentary by Brian Johnston Ryder Cup - Tony Jacklin v Jack Nicklaus Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer News clip - Leeds United beat Arsenal to maintain their unbeaten run Wimbledon - Ann Jones wins the Ladies' Final Wimbledon - Rod Laver wins the Mens' Final Monty Python's Flying Circus - "Nudge Nudge" sketch featuring Eric Idle Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime.Moi Non Plus Evangelist Billy Graham on moral decay Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It News clip - Senator Edward Kennedy in car accident on Chappaquiddick Island Kennedy speaks about leaving the scene of an accident Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinkin' 'Bout My Baby Duncan Sandys - Conservative politician attacks the Labour government Harold Wilson - Prime Minister defends Labour's record General De Gaulle - French president resigns Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir News clip - John Peel refused service owing to long hair Radio 1 Club trail 2001: A Space Odyssey Theme (Also Sprach Zarathustra) David Bowie - Space Oddity Apollo XI actuality Nixon speaks to returning astronauts *Country Joe McDonald - The 'Fish' Cheer *Country Joe McDonald - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag Vietnam War actuality President Nixon on US troop withdrawal *Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner *Woodstock actuality - "hey people, we gotta Times" Canned Heat - Going Up The Country *Woodstock actuality - Chip Monck; "experiment" *Woodstock actuality - rainstorm - crowd chant; "no rain" *Santana - Soul Sacrifice *Woodstock actuality - Chip Monck; "brown acid" *Woodstock actuality - Grace Slick; "whole lotta orange" *Woodstock actuality - John Morris; "flat blue acid" *Woodstock actuality - "bummer bummer" *Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends *Woodstock actuality - Wavy Gravy; "breakfast in bed for '400,000" Sly & The Family Stone - I Want To Take You Higher *Woodstock actuality - Abbie Hoffman on John Sinclair *Woodstock actuality - Country Joe; "marijuana" *Woodstock actuality - Stephen Stills; "scared" *Crosby, Sills & Nash - Suite Judy Blue Eyes *Woodstock actuality - John Sebastian; "far out, whole city" *Woodstock actuality - Stephen Stills; "three days man" *John Sebastian - I Had A Dream News clip - deaths at Altamont festival in California Beatles - The End.