| Genre | Radio Broadcast |
|---|---|
| Running time | One hour |
| Country of origin | England |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 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).[1]
The series was produced by Trevor Dann. Its theme music was the instrumental section of "Oh Well" by Fleetwood Mac.[2]
Taking 1955 as its start – the year "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets reached the UK Singles Chart – the series focused on music and the events up to 1979.