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  1. 1961

    11/50 Jeremy Vine introduces 1961, a time of Beyond the Fringe, Ban the Bomb and space travel.

  2. 1960

    10/50 Jeremy Vine introduces 1960, the year of Lady Chatterley, Psycho and the U2 spy plane.

  3. 1959

    9/50 Jeremy Vine introduces the year of Fidel Castro, General de Gaulle and 'Mac the Knife'.

  4. 1958

    8/50 Jeremy Vine introduces 1958, the year of the hula hoop and the Munich air disaster.

  5. 1957

    7/50 Jeremy Vine introduces 1957: a new prime minister, and Russia launched the first Sputnik.

  6. 1956

    6/50 Jeremy Vine introduces 1956: revolution in Hungary, the Suez Crisis and Teddy Boys.

  7. 1955

    5/50 Jeremy Vine introduces 1955, the year of Elvis, James Dean, ITV and the Third Man.

  8. 1954

    4/50 Jeremy Vine looks at 1954, the year when the mambo craze was ousted by the Teddy Boys.

  9. 1953

    3/50 Jeremy Vine introduces 1953, the year of the Coronation and the conquering of Everest.

  10. 1952

    2/50 Jeremy Vine introduces the music, news, radio, TV and movies of 1952.

  11. 1951

    1/50 Radio 2's audio journey through five decades begins with 1951.

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