Description
This programme details not only the major political issues that dominated the day, but also key social changes and cultural trends. This hour-long episode chronicles that remarkable year, 1968.
This devastating year witnessed the assassination of two major political figures – Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. Demonstrations take place in London as thousands of anti-Vietnam war protestors gather in Trafalgar Square. Racists and demonstrators clash during the march on Downing Street against a proposed immigration bill. In Mexico, the greatest sporting contest in the world gets underway as the Olympics is staged in a Latin American country for the very first time. Meanwhile, in the entertainment world Roman Polanski marries Sharon Tate, and The Beatles have a spiritual encounter in India.
More episodes of A Year to Remember are also available below:
A Year to Remember 1947
A Year to Remember 1948
A Year to Remember 1949
A Year to Remember 1956
A Year to Remember 1957
A Year to Remember 1958
A Year to Remember 1966
A Year to Remember 1967
A Year to Remember 1976
A Year to Remember 1977
A Year to Remember 1978
A Year to Remember 1986
A Year to Remember 1987
A Year to Remember 1988
