1How did the numbers of TV licenses increase 1950-1965?
1950 no. TV licences: 340,000+
1965 no. TV licences: 13,200,000
2How did TV ownership increase between 1961-1971?
1961: 75% have TV
1971: 91% have TV
3Who was Hugh Greene? What did he do?
He was the Director-General of the BBC from 1960-1969, introduced new, more liberal, modern TV programmes
4When was ITV launched and what impact did it have?
1955; advertising could expand
5When was BBC2 launched and why?
Apr 1964; allows BBC1 to become more populist
6What was the first channel to broadcast regular colour programmes and when?
BBC2, July 1967
7How was radio made to survive relative to the TV?
Development of cheap and portable transistor & car radios
8When was Radio One launched and why?
1967; replacement for pirate stations
9When and what was The Sun?
1964; replacement of previous working-class newspaper
10For what amount of leisure time did the TV make up for in 1969?
23% of leisure time
11How did car usage increase 1954-1977?
1954: car travel makes up 39% of journeys
1977: car travel makes up 77% of journeys
12How did the number of holidays increase from 1951-1971?
1951: 27 million holidays in total
1971: 41 million holidays in total
13When was Britannia Airways founded and where did they fly?
1961, mainly to Europe
14How did package holidays increase from 1966-1971?
1966: 4% of holidays are package
1971: 8.4% of holidays are package
15When did the first person go to space, and who got them there?
1961, USSR
16When did the first person go to the moon, and who got them there?
1969, USA
17When, where and why was the Post Office Tower built?
1965, London; opened to improve telecommunications and was tallest building in Britain att
18What was the controversial American musical production performed in 1968?
Hair, in which nudity, drug-taking and anti-war protest was featured
19What was the 'The Feminine Mystique'?
1963, a book by American Betty Friedan, argued women were unfulfilled with restricted lives
20What percentage of pupils were women in higher education 1970?
28%
21What was the National Health Service (Family Planning) Act 1967?
Local authorities can provide contraception
22What was Women: The Longest Revolution?
1966, a book by Juliet Mitchell
23What was the The Female Eunuch?
1970, a book by Germaine Greer
24What was Second Wave Feminism?
Second-wave feminists called for a reevaluation of traditional gender roles in society and an end to sexist discrimination
25Where and when was the National Women's Liberation Conference?
Ruskin College, Oxford, Feb 1970
26What were the NWLC's demands? (4)
- Equal pay
- Free contraception and abortion
- Equal education and job opportunities
- Free 24-hr childcare
27What was the Matrimonial Property Act 1970?
The work, both domestic and of employment, of a wife should be considered in divorce settlements
28What was the Equal Pay Act 1970?
Principe of equal pay for equal work, but didn't come into force until 1975
29Who was Mary Whitehouse? What did she do?
Birmingham housewife embarking upon a 'moral crusade'
30What and when was the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association? How successful was it?
1965, soon had 100,000 members, but was largely ineffective
31What is the Dangerous Drugs Act 1967?
Possession of drugs such as cannabis and cocaine made illegal
32What and when was the Wooten Report?
1968, suggested legalising soft drugs, but rejected by Callaghan
33How was drug sentencing altered in 1970?
Maximum length increased to 14 years' imprisonment
34What did the 'Sex and Marriage in England Today' study reveal during the 1960s?
Most young people either virgins on marriage or married first and only sexual partner
35When and what was BBC Radio One?
1967, played popular music for youthful audiences
36When and what was the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign? Who supported it?
1966, gained traction amongst students
37When was the Vietnam War?
November 1, 1955 - April 30, 1975
38When was the Battle of Grosvenor Square? What was it for? What happened?
12 March 1968; anti-Vietnam War protest; 200 people arrested
39What did a 1965 North London survey reveal about racial attitudes? (3)
- 1/5 of people objected to working with black people or Asians
- 1/2 would refuse to neighbour them
- 9/10 disapprove of mixed marriages
40What was the Race Relations Act 1965?
Bans public discrimination
41When and what was the Race Relations Board?
1966, dedicated to creating and maintaining congenial relations
42What was the Commonwealth Immigration Act 1968?
Limits immigration into Britain to those born there or who had one grand/parent born there
43When and what was the 'Rivers of Blood' speech?
1968, anti-immigration speech by Enoch Powell
44What was the Race Relations Act 1968?
Bans discrimination in housing, employment and services
45When and what was Notting Hill Carnival?
1964, officially an annual event
46Humanae Vitae
1968 encyclical by Pope Paul VI that said abortion, sterilization, contraception, and the like are illicit
47The Wednesday Play
1964-70, series of BBC plays displaying social realism
48Up the Junction
1965, about home abortion
49Youth subculture list
- Hippies
- Skinheads
- Punks
- Mods
- Rockers
50Theatre Act
1968, abolished censorship
51Newsom Report
1963, better education for "pupils of average and less-than-average ability"
52Caravan holidays
Make up for 20% all holidays taken
53Car travel in 1969 v 1952
1952: 58b km
1969: 286b km
54Milton Keynes
Large town in Buckinghamshire. It is a "new town" that was built beyond the Green Belt round London in 1967.
55Brick Lane
By 1970, was an area of dense immigrant population
56Percentage of households with TV license by 1970
95% of households
57Island and Trojan
1969, 2 record labels were importing reggae records to sell to black and white audiences
58Educational achievements by end of period
53 universities, 30 polytechnics
59Commonwealth Immigration Act 1968
Further barred access to Britain for Commonwealth migrants, so that only those with at least one parent or grandparent living in Britain could emigrate there.
60Large influx of Asian immigrants from Kenya
1967, over 200,000, frightening Britons