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Mods and Rockers Rebooted

We take a fresh look at the bank holiday clashes of 1964 to separate fact from fiction as we bring the mods and rockers of the time back to those seaside crime scenes. Were they really as bad as the papers made out? Or was there something else behind it all?

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 22 Aug 2014 19:30

Music Played

  • Les Baxter

    Shooting Star

  • The Swingin’ Tomatoes

    Get It Poppin

  • Slim Harpo

    Baby Scratch My Back

  • The Ramsey Lewis Trio

    The In Crowd (Bohemian Caverns, 1965)

  • Ronnie Jones

    Night Time is the Right Time

  • Jackie Ross

    I Dig His Style

  • Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

    The Continental Walk

  • Afro Blues Quintet

    La, La, La, La, La

  • Chris Kenner

    I Like It Like That

  • Gene Vincent

    Race With The Devil

  • Gene Vincent

    Jumps Giggles and Shouts

  • Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra

    Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots

  • Marty Wilde

    Bad Boy

  • Gene Vincent

    Baby Blue

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    It'll Be Me

  • Preston

    Billy's Bag

  • Jimmy Smith

    Walk On The Wild Side

  • Mac Rebennack

    The Point

  • Barrett Strong

    Money (That's What I Want)

  • Eddie Cochrain & Bo Davis

    Let's Coast Awhile

  • Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two

    Get Rhythm

  • The Tornados Meek

    Telstar

  • Duane Eddy

    Because They're Young

  • Little Richard

    Rip It Up

  • Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto

    In The Basement

  • Sugar Pie DeSanto

    Soulful Dress

  • Doris Troy

    Just One Look

  • Georgie Fame

    Yeh Yeh

  • The Chantels

    Look In My Eyes

  • Wilbert Harrison

    Let's Stick Together

  • John Lee Hooker

    Ain't No Big Thing

  • The Nashville Teens

    Tobacco Road

  • Shirley Ellis

    Soul Time

  • The Martinis

    Hung Over

  • Jackie Shane

    Any Other Way

  • Bo Diddley

    You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover

  • Buddy Holly & The Crickets

    I Fought The Law

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Keep On Running

  • The Who

    I Can't Explain

  • Elvis Presley

    Please Don't Stop Loving Me

  • The Rolling Stones

    I'm Free

Mods and rockers

Mods and rockers

This documentary marks the 50th anniversary of the famous mods and rockers clashes on the seafronts of south east England. Ìý

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Mods And Rockers Rebooted will take a fresh look at the fights which took place between March and August 1964 causing mass hysteria across Britain, and have since become the stuff of legend.

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They’ve inspired countless books, songs, musicians, artists, and a cult movie, Quadrophenia, which turns 35 in August and has devoted fans all over the world.

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The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú film will ask how much of what was reported at the time, and what was depicted in Quadrophenia, actually happened? Did the mods and the rockers really despise each other, or was there something else going on behind it all?

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To seek answers, and separate fact from fiction, the film, narrated by Quadrophenia star Phil Daniels, goes back to each location piecing together the events of 1964 in chronological order.

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It will reveal the real people behind the hard-hitting headlines, including interviews with mods and rockers who were there in 1964 (now in their 60s and 70s) taking them back to the seaside scenes of their crimes: Clacton, Margate, Brighton and Hastings.

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Finally, after 50 years of hype and hysteria, this film reveals what was really going on in 1964, and how an extraordinary mix of factors came together to create a compelling myth that endures to this day.

Mods and rockers 50 years on

Mods and rockers 50 years on

Fifty years after the clashes of 1964 between mods and rockers at the seaside resorts of Hastings, Margate and Clacton, Phil Daniels tries to separate fact from fiction.

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Former policeman and rocker Ken German recalls how the Margate riots kicked off and reflects on the sentences handed out to those arrested.ÌýÌý

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Mod Tony Edwards remembers how the two groups clashed on the beach. Rocker Ray Beere likens the dramatic scenes on the north Kent coast to the Battle of Agincourt.


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on the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News website.

Credits

Role Contributor
Director Matthew Wheeler
Executive Producer Linda Bell
Narrator Phil Daniels

Broadcast