Narrator / Host (mostly Dominic Sandbrook)

So anyway, Richardson's conviction was overturned on appeal by Lord Chief Justice Parker at the end of July. Mick Jagger's conviction stood, but the original sentence was quashed. The prison sentence was considered much too harsh.

So anyway, Richardson's conviction was overturned on appeal by Lord Chief Justice Parker at the end of July. Mick Jagger's conviction stood, but the original sentence was quashed. The prison sentence was considered much too harsh.

So anyway, Richardson's conviction was overturned on appeal by Lord Chief Justice Parker at the end of July. Mick Jagger's conviction stood, but the original sentence was quashed. The prison sentence was considered much too harsh.

And actually, that very evening, this is such a 60s thing, he went on a special talk show edition of World in Action with a combination of William Rees-Mogg at the edge of The Times, the Bishop of Woolwich, and Harold Wilson's first Home Secretary, Frank Soskis. And Jagger went on this program and he made a point of saying, I'm not a rebel. I really respect the post-war time generation.

And actually, that very evening, this is such a 60s thing, he went on a special talk show edition of World in Action with a combination of William Rees-Mogg at the edge of The Times, the Bishop of Woolwich, and Harold Wilson's first Home Secretary, Frank Soskis. And Jagger went on this program and he made a point of saying, I'm not a rebel. I really respect the post-war time generation.

And actually, that very evening, this is such a 60s thing, he went on a special talk show edition of World in Action with a combination of William Rees-Mogg at the edge of The Times, the Bishop of Woolwich, and Harold Wilson's first Home Secretary, Frank Soskis. And Jagger went on this program and he made a point of saying, I'm not a rebel. I really respect the post-war time generation.

I'm really so sad to see myself at the center of all this. And the Times had special praise for him the next day, said he was articulate and thoughtful. He has much more grace of manner than one would have expected. Which is really not that surprising because, as we said last time, he's a very bright grammar school boy who got into the London School of Economics when it was really hard to do so.

I'm really so sad to see myself at the center of all this. And the Times had special praise for him the next day, said he was articulate and thoughtful. He has much more grace of manner than one would have expected. Which is really not that surprising because, as we said last time, he's a very bright grammar school boy who got into the London School of Economics when it was really hard to do so.

I'm really so sad to see myself at the center of all this. And the Times had special praise for him the next day, said he was articulate and thoughtful. He has much more grace of manner than one would have expected. Which is really not that surprising because, as we said last time, he's a very bright grammar school boy who got into the London School of Economics when it was really hard to do so.

It's sort of, yeah, exactly. Exactly. He's very well dressed. So there is one aspect. It appears that all's well that ends well. But this has not ended well for everybody. Because the third man of the case is this guy, the art dealer, Robert Fraser. And his sentence was not overturned on appeal. And he spent four months in Wormwood Scrubs where he worked in the prison kitchens.

It's sort of, yeah, exactly. Exactly. He's very well dressed. So there is one aspect. It appears that all's well that ends well. But this has not ended well for everybody. Because the third man of the case is this guy, the art dealer, Robert Fraser. And his sentence was not overturned on appeal. And he spent four months in Wormwood Scrubs where he worked in the prison kitchens.

It's sort of, yeah, exactly. Exactly. He's very well dressed. So there is one aspect. It appears that all's well that ends well. But this has not ended well for everybody. Because the third man of the case is this guy, the art dealer, Robert Fraser. And his sentence was not overturned on appeal. And he spent four months in Wormwood Scrubs where he worked in the prison kitchens.

And actually, if you read Harriet Viner's biography of him, Groovy Bob, There's some lovely letters from Jagger and Richards. They're very sweet, actually. They sort of say, oh, so we're thinking about you all the time. We'll have a really groovy time when you get out. They did love him. Yeah, they did. The Beatles liked him, didn't they?

And actually, if you read Harriet Viner's biography of him, Groovy Bob, There's some lovely letters from Jagger and Richards. They're very sweet, actually. They sort of say, oh, so we're thinking about you all the time. We'll have a really groovy time when you get out. They did love him. Yeah, they did. The Beatles liked him, didn't they?

And actually, if you read Harriet Viner's biography of him, Groovy Bob, There's some lovely letters from Jagger and Richards. They're very sweet, actually. They sort of say, oh, so we're thinking about you all the time. We'll have a really groovy time when you get out. They did love him. Yeah, they did. The Beatles liked him, didn't they?

But he didn't have a groovy time, actually, when he got out. He became a complete and utter heroin addict. His gallery failed. He went off to India. He had a massive kind of drink and drugs hell. And he ended up dying of AIDS in 1986. So if you want a story that captures the darker side of the 60s, the casualties and so on, his is a really, really good example.

But he didn't have a groovy time, actually, when he got out. He became a complete and utter heroin addict. His gallery failed. He went off to India. He had a massive kind of drink and drugs hell. And he ended up dying of AIDS in 1986. So if you want a story that captures the darker side of the 60s, the casualties and so on, his is a really, really good example.

But he didn't have a groovy time, actually, when he got out. He became a complete and utter heroin addict. His gallery failed. He went off to India. He had a massive kind of drink and drugs hell. And he ended up dying of AIDS in 1986. So if you want a story that captures the darker side of the 60s, the casualties and so on, his is a really, really good example.

And actually, after the break, when we continue the Rolling Stones' story, this will get an awful lot darker and we will be looking a lot more at the lives destroyed by the excitement of the 60s in the second half. So join us in a few minutes and we will be painting it black.

And actually, after the break, when we continue the Rolling Stones' story, this will get an awful lot darker and we will be looking a lot more at the lives destroyed by the excitement of the 60s in the second half. So join us in a few minutes and we will be painting it black.