1963 upheaval: Wales, the world and social revolution

1963 was the year The Beatles took the world by storm, US President John F Kennedy was assassinated - and Doctor Who made his first appearance on TV,

It was also the year of the Profumo political scandal, which has inspired a current exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery in London.

It was a year of huge social, cultural, and political change, and in Wales, it saw the early days of protest over the Welsh language.

On BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement Vaughan Roderick spoke to cross-bench peer Lord Elystan Morgan about the significance of 1963 and, first, asked historian and author Hywel Williams if it was the year the modern world was born.

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