TV 1960s

L/O: research the 1960s in terms of social, historic and political climate of the decade; research the TV Show The Avengers


There were 3 main groups in the 1960s the Hippies that wore bright coloured clothing and also consumed a lot of weed. There were also the mods and the rockers that were rival gangs and the mods road scoters whereas the rockers rode motorbikes.

The contraceptive was introduced in 1960 which means that it was easy to prevent a pregnancy, however the first pills had too much of a certain hormone which meant that when someone wanted a bay it would have major defects such as no arms or legs.

Computers where also improved in the 1960s, also the internet was also kind of invented around the 60s. As well as this the first laser was invented in the 1960s

-beatles dominated music industry in 1960s
-drugs were being used a lot in the 1960s especially by the hippies.
-men were still dominate over other races and women

Avengers:
producer-ABC television
first ep: 7 january 1961
target audience: people below age of 35, mainly couples
seasons: 6
last ep: 21 may 1969
budget for series 4: 1,456,000
viewers: