Episode 018 - The Making Of Cleopatra (1963)
Rainbow Valley
Episode 018 of The Rainbow Valley podcast – telling the stories that made the swinging decade.
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Episode 016 - The Hammersmith Nude Murders (1964 - 1965)
Rainbow Valley
The story of the Sixties answer to Jack the Ripper in the west of London. Six, possibly seven victims – all prostitutes…murdered in a chilling reign of terror in the early years of the swinging decade.
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Episode 015 - Matt Monro
Rainbow Valley
Matt Monro was described as the UK’s answer to Frank Sinatra, a label he detested. For Matt Monro was not an answer to anything. Matt Monro was unique, he was his own entity, had his own marvellous style, and was possibly the finest male popular music singer the UK has ever produced.
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Episode 019 - Dusty Springfield
Rainbow Valley
Join me as I tell the story of one of the finest singers Britain has ever produced.
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Episode 017 - Hits and Headlines of 1963
Rainbow Valley
Rainbow Valley is proud to present the story of the hits and headlines from 1963.
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Episode 020 - David Frost, Emil Savundra, and the trial by television (1967)
Rainbow Valley
Episode 020 of the Rainbow Valley podcast – telling the stories that made the swinging decade.
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Episode 029 - The Button Down Mind Of Bob Newhart (1960)
Rainbow Valley
On August 1st 1960, an album on the Warner Brothers label reached number one in the Billboard Mono Action Albums Chart. It was the debut album for this particular artist and would remain at the top for fourteen weeks. The album would stay in the chart for two years selling over 600,000 copies near release and ranking as the 20th best selling album of all time on the Billboard charts. Its total running time was just short of thirty two minutes, it consisted of just six tracks, and was a recording of a live performance It won album of the year at the 1961 Grammy awards as well as best new...
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Episode 027 - 1966: The Year We Won...And Lost The World Cup
Rainbow Valley
1966: The Year We Won...And Lost The World Cup As we head rapidly towards the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar, you may be forgiven for thinking that this episode must surely recount the tale of how England won the world cup in the summer of 1966. You wouldn’t be far off though as this episode of Rainbow Valley is the story of not how we won the World Cup that summer, but how we lost it. Three months before the World Cup finals were due to take place, the much coveted solid gold Jules Rimet trophy sat proudly on display in central London only to be stolen in what could only be...
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Episode 025 - The Making Of Zulu (1964)
Rainbow Valley
WE’RE BACK!! Our first episode in two years is finally with you – and it’s a cracker. Join Scott as he tells the story of the making of the movie Zulu. RAINBOW VALLEY – THE MAKING OF ZULU Rainbow Valley is a monthly podcast where your host, Scott takes a look at key events and personalities that shaped one the most influential, vibrant, tumultuous and swinging decades in history. Join us as we celebrate the 1960’s with the stories surrounding the music and news events of the decade that shook the world. 22nd January 1879, Rorkes Drift, Natal, South Africa. A remote mission station,...
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Episode 023 - The Theft Of The Duke Of Wellington (1961)
Rainbow Valley
Rainbow Valley - the sixties podcast - telling the stories from the decade that shook the world:
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Boxing Day evening 1962
The Christmas Number One at the top of the hit parade was Return to Sender by Elvis Presley
All around the country, families were settling down after a busy two days of eating, drinking and making merry.
Small screen entertainment on the tv that evening included a hilarious variety show from the London Palladium featuring Bruce Forsyth and Norman Wisdom and the BBCs big Boxing Day movie was Moulin Rouge starring Jose Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor
And then, it began to snow. A day late and tantalisingly close to giving the country a proper White Christmas, but snow nevertheless. The temperature dropped…..and it continued to snow.
And it snowed and snowed, and it got colder. And it snowed and it snowed some more
And that was how it would be for the next one hundred days or so as Britain was plunged into an icy wilderness that would last until the following March.
Industry ground to halt as businesses and schools were forced to close. There was widespread panic as ambulances and fire crews were unable to respond to emergencies. Essential supplies and medication failed to get through to hospitals and over half the natural wildlife population died in the freezing temperatures, unable to forage to food.
Nothing could be done to stop the bitter temperatures and the relentless snowfall
Ladies and gentlemen, Rainbow Valley is proud to present the story of The Big Freeze
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Scott