Narrator / Host (mostly Dominic Sandbrook)

And that it was a disgrace that they had been handcuffed on their way out of when they were clearly no threat to anyone and they weren't going to run away or anything like that.

And that it was a disgrace that they had been handcuffed on their way out of when they were clearly no threat to anyone and they weren't going to run away or anything like that.

And it's one of the most famous editorials The Times has ever run. By the way, he says it's outrageous to punish Mick Jagger because of, and I quote, the primitive prejudices of people who resent the anarchic quality of the Rolling Stones performances, dislike their songs, dislike their influence on teenagers and broadly suspect them of decadence.

And it's one of the most famous editorials The Times has ever run. By the way, he says it's outrageous to punish Mick Jagger because of, and I quote, the primitive prejudices of people who resent the anarchic quality of the Rolling Stones performances, dislike their songs, dislike their influence on teenagers and broadly suspect them of decadence.

And it's one of the most famous editorials The Times has ever run. By the way, he says it's outrageous to punish Mick Jagger because of, and I quote, the primitive prejudices of people who resent the anarchic quality of the Rolling Stones performances, dislike their songs, dislike their influence on teenagers and broadly suspect them of decadence.

And William Rees-Mogg said it's an unsigned leader. So it's from the Times, and it said, British justice demands that Mr. Jagger, they used him as sort of shorthand for the defendants generally, is treated exactly the same as anyone else, no better and no worse. And the further twist about this story is you may say, well, thank goodness, the Times on this is speaking for Britain. But it wasn't.

And William Rees-Mogg said it's an unsigned leader. So it's from the Times, and it said, British justice demands that Mr. Jagger, they used him as sort of shorthand for the defendants generally, is treated exactly the same as anyone else, no better and no worse. And the further twist about this story is you may say, well, thank goodness, the Times on this is speaking for Britain. But it wasn't.

And William Rees-Mogg said it's an unsigned leader. So it's from the Times, and it said, British justice demands that Mr. Jagger, they used him as sort of shorthand for the defendants generally, is treated exactly the same as anyone else, no better and no worse. And the further twist about this story is you may say, well, thank goodness, the Times on this is speaking for Britain. But it wasn't.

Because when you look at surveys and polls from the time, a survey a couple of months later found that most young people thought that Mick Jagger's sentence was perfectly fair. It wasn't only one in four thought it was too harsh. Another survey done by ITV, their World in Action program, found that 85% of the young people they asked thought that Mick Jagger deserved to go to prison.

Because when you look at surveys and polls from the time, a survey a couple of months later found that most young people thought that Mick Jagger's sentence was perfectly fair. It wasn't only one in four thought it was too harsh. Another survey done by ITV, their World in Action program, found that 85% of the young people they asked thought that Mick Jagger deserved to go to prison.

Because when you look at surveys and polls from the time, a survey a couple of months later found that most young people thought that Mick Jagger's sentence was perfectly fair. It wasn't only one in four thought it was too harsh. Another survey done by ITV, their World in Action program, found that 85% of the young people they asked thought that Mick Jagger deserved to go to prison.

Some people may be surprised listening to that, but to me, that's not surprising at all, because all the data we have about young people in the 60s suggests that they had very conservative attitudes towards social and cultural issues.

Some people may be surprised listening to that, but to me, that's not surprising at all, because all the data we have about young people in the 60s suggests that they had very conservative attitudes towards social and cultural issues.

Some people may be surprised listening to that, but to me, that's not surprising at all, because all the data we have about young people in the 60s suggests that they had very conservative attitudes towards social and cultural issues.

Yeah. Do you think a lot of sort of suburban young people who are not part of the cool set don't go to university, as most people don't, of course. They think, you know, they're having all this fun.

Yeah. Do you think a lot of sort of suburban young people who are not part of the cool set don't go to university, as most people don't, of course. They think, you know, they're having all this fun.

Yeah. Do you think a lot of sort of suburban young people who are not part of the cool set don't go to university, as most people don't, of course. They think, you know, they're having all this fun.

Tom, I don't want to give anything away, but I think if we saw some, you know, rival very successful historians sent to prison for having too much fun, I mean, our WhatsApp group would be going wild. No, you would.

Tom, I don't want to give anything away, but I think if we saw some, you know, rival very successful historians sent to prison for having too much fun, I mean, our WhatsApp group would be going wild. No, you would.

Tom, I don't want to give anything away, but I think if we saw some, you know, rival very successful historians sent to prison for having too much fun, I mean, our WhatsApp group would be going wild. No, you would.