In the first programme of the new series, a look back at 1962 when the Beatles had their first hit, Sean Connery played James Bond, and the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world close to nuclear war.

Music:

Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

The Beatles - Love Me Do

Ketty Lester - Love Letters

The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Chubby Checker - The Twist

Cliff Richard and The Shadows - The Young Ones

Patsy Cline - Crazy

Dion - The Wanderer

Kenny Lynch - Up On The Roof

The Ronnie Drew Group - McAlpine's Fusiliers

Roy Orbison - Dream Baby

A look back at 1963 when President Kennedy visited Ireland, Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, and President Kennedy was assassinated.

Music:

The Beatles - She Loves You

Dusty Springfield - I Only Want to Be With You

The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron

Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind

Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou

Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

Gerry and the Pacemakers - How Do You Do It?

Cliff Richard and The Shadows - Summer Holiday

Gerry and the Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone

In this edition, a look back at 1964 when Lyndon Johnson won a landslide victory in the US, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali and World Champion, and fighting in Vietnam began in earnest. Closer to home, in the UK a series of riots broke out in southern England and in Ireland the stars for the 1964 Jacob's TV awards were announced and Gay Byrne and Kathleen Watkins marry.

Music:

The Beatles - I Feel Fine

Petula Clark - Downtown

The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun

Millie - My Boy Lollipop

Gerry and the Pacemakers - Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying

Mary Wells - My Guy

The Beach Boys - I Get Around

Dionne Warwick - Walk on By

The Supremes - Baby Love

The Bachelors - Diane

In 1965, Taoiseach Sean Lemass travelled to Belfast to meet Northern Ireland's Prime Minister Terence O'Neill and O'Neill made a return visit to Dublin. The Russians carried out a successful space walk, and in Alabama civil rights demonstrators were attacked when they staged a Freedom March.

Music:

Brendan Bowyer with the Royal Showband - The Hucklebuck

The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Donovan - Catch the Wind

The Temptations - My Girl

The Hollies - I'm Alive

Otis Redding - Ole Man Trouble

Sonny and Cher - I Got You Babe

Butch Moore - Walking the Streets in the Rain

Val Doonican - Walk Tall

This week, a look at 1966. England won the World Cup, Indira Gandhi became prime minister of India, and Eamon de Valera was president of Ireland for a second term.

Music:

The Rolling Stones - Get off of My Cloud

Tom Jones - Green Green Grass of Home

Dickie Rock - Come Back to Stay

The Who - My Generation

Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

Fontella Bass - Rescue Me

The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love

Chris Farlowe - Out of Time

A look back at 1968 when the Ballymun development was completed, Apollo 8 orbited the moon, and the Beatles released Yellow Submarine.

Music:

The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup

Cliff Richard - Congratulations

Pat McGeegan - Chance of a Lifetime

Massiel - La, La, La

The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

Bob Dylan - Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - I Second That Emotion

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

Marvin Gaye - I Heard It through the Grapevine

Joe Dolan - You're Such a Good Looking Woman

In the last of the series, a look at 1969 when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Concorde took to the skies, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono had a 'bed-in' for peace.