Roly Keating, Controller,
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ FOUR
The 1960s are the decade that just won't fade away.
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It's striking how much the UK's contemporary music, art and design
- not to mention our politics and social attitudes - are directly influenced
by the revolutions of that turbulent and creative decade.
The more we understand the 1960s, the better we'll understand where
we are today.
That's why ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ FOUR is mounting its biggest season to date, as Summer
in the Sixties celebrates and debunks the era of flower power,
sexual liberation and television's first 'golden age'.
Accompanied by a major new exhibition at Tate Britain, the heart of
the season is a brand new documentary series, Art & the 60s,
which tells the extraordinary story of London's art world and the radical
new movements, and artists, that were born from it.
Elsewhere in the season the decade's music, sporting moments, sexual
politics, film and television are showcased or de-mythologised in a
range of documentaries, performance, feature films, archive and debate
programmes.
That is not the only big theme we'll be tackling this summer.
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ FOUR will partner with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TWO in presenting a special season of
opera, unveiling a range of new productions including the world premiere
of Albéniz's lost opera Merlin and a remarkable documentary
about a singing teacher who can spot singing potential merely by hearing
children shout to each other in the playground.
And of course ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ FOUR will be offering its guaranteed mix of international
cinema, world news, topical debate and a typically eclectic range of
documentaries that include a powerful and very personal account of the
search for a cure to malaria and an intriguing look at the triumph and
failure of the DeLorean 'wonder' cars.
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