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''The Rock 'n' Roll Years'' was a BBC television programme aired between 1985 and 1994. In a half-hour time slot the programme focused on a different year each week, starting with the year 1956 and ending with 1989. The format of the programme, which was based on the BBC Radio 1 series ''25 Years of Rock'', was primarily of news clips with narrative subtitles set to music of the time with no presenters or voice-overs. Archive footage of performers, mostly from BBC programmes such as ''Top of the Pops'', was also featured. For instance, the programme on 1960 featured the Sharpeville massacre, the Russians shooting down two US spy planes, the advent of stiletto heels and the election of John Kennedy to the White House, set to music by Adam Faith, Duane Eddy and the Rebels, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, the Everly Brothers and Roy Orbison.〔(BBC - BBC Four Programmes - The Rock 'n' Roll Years, 1960 )〕 Like ''25 Years of Rock'' the programme was noted for its occasionally witty juxtaposition of news footage with appropriate songs, as when an excerpt from the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales - in an episode made after the couple had split up - was accompanied by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross singing "Endless Love". The theme tune to ''The Rock 'n' Roll Years'' was a medley containing riffs from a number of popular songs, including for example "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones and "Layla" by Derek and the Dominoes. The first set of episodes covered the years 1956-63, and was aired over July and August 1985. The second set covered 1964-71, and aired between June and August 1986. The years 1972-80 were over the same period in 1987. For the 1994 series, which covered 1981-89, a similar medley was created using extracts from 1980s hits such as "Like a Virgin" by Madonna, "Radio Ga Ga" by Queen, "Every Breath You Take" by The Police, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid and "The Look of Love" by ABC. These episodes were aired between February and April. ==Similar formats== Five programmes with similar formats are: *''History Rocks'' on The History Channel *''Pop-up Video'' on VH1 *''Reeling in the Years'' on RTÉ *"Siar sna" on TG4 *"Pop Goes Northern Ireland" on BBC Northern Ireland 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Rock 'n' Roll Years」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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