Rainbow Valley - The Sixties Podcast. Telling the stories from the decade that shook the world. The Apollo One Disaster January 27th 1967, US astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee way made their way into a brand new spacec

Episode 029 - The Button Down Mind Of Bob Newhart (1960)

Mar 8th, 2023 52m 6s

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 t

Episode 028 - The Aberfan Disaster

Jan 4th, 2023 1h 10m

The Aberfan Disaster 9:13am on October 21st 1966, Pantglas School in the small Welsh mining village of Aberfan Inside the school, more than 200 children and nine teachers were waiting for their first lesson of the day to begin when the

Episode 027 - 1966: The Year We Won...And Lost The World Cup

Nov 17th, 2022 27m 1s

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 19

Episode 026 - The Big Freeze

Sep 28th, 2022 42m 58s

The Big Freeze 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.

Episode 025 - The Making Of Zulu (1964)

Jun 28th, 2022 1h 28m

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, Sco

Hits and Headlines of 1964

Jul 2nd, 2020 2h 3m

1964...and the world was still reeling from the assassination of John F Kennedy. Racial tensions continued in the southern states of the USA and tension was rising elsewhere as the conflict in Vietnam escalated. But it was also the year of th

The Theft Of The Duke Of Wellington

1 Mar 16th, 2020 39m 34s

The return of Rainbow Valley – the podcast that tells the stories about the swinging decade. Episode 023 The Theft Of The Duke Of Wellington Dr No, the first big screen outing for Ian Fleming’s James Bond. Its 1962, and the movie would start

Tammi Terrell

Sep 14th, 2019 59m 14s

The return of Rainbow Valley – the podcast that tells the stories about the swinging decade. Episode 022 - Tammi Terrell Join us as we tell the story of one of Motown's greatest stars. The story of a life cut tragically short, but thankfully a

The Zapruder Film

Nov 20th, 2018 1h 27m

The return of Rainbow Valley – the podcast that tells the stories about the swinging decade. Episode 021 – The Zapruder Film. Season three opens with the story of a sequence of film that runs for approximately 22 seconds. A piece of 8mm fi

David Frost, Emil Savundra, and the trial by television

Sep 23rd, 2018 53m 1s

Episode 020 of the Rainbow Valley podcast – telling the stories that made the swinging decade. Emil Savundra, for a brief period in the late sixties, was probably the most reviled man in the UK. A Sri Lankan swindler, the collapse of his Fire,

Dusty Springfield

Sep 3rd, 2018 2h 23m

Episode 019 of The Rainbow Valley podcast – telling the stories that made the swinging decade. Join me as I tell the story of one of the finest singers Britain has ever produced. A true icon in the world of popular music, and one of the de

The Making Of Cleopatra (1963)

Jul 29th, 2018 1h 38m

Episode 018 of The Rainbow Valley podcast – telling the stories that made the swinging decade. Join me as I tell the story of the movie that nearly brought 20th Century Fox crashing to the ground. The longest and most expensive movie ever made

Hits and Headlines of 1963

Jul 11th, 2018 2h 6m

1963 - a massive year in terms of news events. A year that would see an increase in tensions in America as the battle for racial equality raged on. It would be the year in which a scandal in the UK involving call girls, Russian spies and

The Hammersmith Nude Murders

Apr 2nd, 2018 1h 4m

In London in the 1880s, the city was gripped by fear. A killer was prowling the cobbled, fog heavy streets of Whitechapel murdering prostitutes in a chilling reign of terror. Fast forward seventy years and a new killer was on the loose, this ti

Matt Monro

Jan 27th, 2018 2h 15m

It can certainly be safe to say that the 1960s produced some of the most dramatic changes in the world of popular music. From the early days of rock and roll, through to the swinging beat scene, the British invasion, American surf music and ri

Dr No And The Birth Of James Bond On The Big Screen

Jan 6th, 2018 1h 44m

The story of James Bond on the big screen is a tale of highs and lows, ups and downs, twists and turns. The story of the making of the movies themselves is worthy of an Ian Fleming novel in its own right. It is the story has taken over sixty

Hits and Headlines of 1962

Dec 3rd, 2017 1h 20m

Rainbow Valley - Episode 013 1962 – A year of worldwide upheaval, the continuing space race and the death of Hollywood’s biggest sex symbol. The year would witness one of the most devastating air disasters as an Air France Boeing 707 would c

The Rolling Stones at Altamont

Oct 27th, 2017 2h 25m

As we discovered in series one, the 1960s signified, for many, a decade of revolution, a decade of hope, a decade of immense change worldwide. We must not forget however that it was also a time of conflict, the cold war and racial tension.

The Great Train Robbery

Sep 2nd, 2017 2h 19m

The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963, at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Jun 3rd, 2017 1h 14m

THE MAKING OF SERGEANT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND On June 1st 1967, The Beatles released what was and is still considered by many the greatest album of all time. It was an album of firsts. It featured the first gatefold sleeve, the f

The Making of Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

May 18th, 2017 43m 46s

THE MAKING OF BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS The 1960s heralded in a new era in a variety of ways. Society and political events influenced the cultural and art world throughout the decade. The early sixties would begin to be seen as the start of th

Hits and Headlines of 1961

Apr 4th, 2017 1h 16m

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