25 Years of Rock
| Genre | Radio Broadcast |
|---|---|
| Running time | 1 Hour |
| Country of origin | England |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC 1 |
| TV adaptations | The Rock 'n' Roll Years |
| Produced by | Trevor Dann |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Other themes | "Oh Well" by Fleetwood Mac |
25 Years of Rock was a 25-part radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 1 from 22 June to 7 December 1980. Each hour-long episode featured music and news stories from a year, starting with 1955 and finishing with 1979. The series encapsulated the period from the birth of rock and roll in 1955 to the post-punk era of the late seventies, and charted social and political events with a rock soundtrack. The series was repeated in 1981 between 4 April (1955) and 19 September (1979).
The series was produced by Trevor Dann. Its theme music was the instrumental section of "Oh Well" by Fleetwood Mac.
Taking 1955 as its start – the year "Rock Around The Clock" by Bill Haley and his Comets hit the British Top 20 – the series focussed on music and the events up to 1979.
"The Rock 'n' Roll Years" was a television show that was adapted from the radio show. It was aired on the BBC.
An extended version, 30 Years of Rock, was on Radio 1 in 1985. This consisted of the original series plus five new episodes covering 1980 to 1984. “30 Years Of Rock” was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 from 1-2pm each week, between 20 April (1955) and 16 November (1984). A one-week gap was made due to the live broadcast of “Live Aid” on 13 July. The series was most recently repeated on BBC Radio 6 Music from 28th November 2015 and is expected to finish on 27th December 2015.
A companion book by the same name was published by Hamlyn in 1980. ()
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