To accompany our Summer in the Sixties season, we've gone into the BBC archive to find interview excerpts with some of the people featured over the month.
VIVIAN STANSHALL
"We were people who were rebellious neo-dadaists, iconoclasts...the jokers in various London art schools."
ROMAN POLANSKI
"Definitely there is some relation between what I do and what has happened to me."
DENNIS POTTER
"I set out to write specifically for television precisely because I demanded for myself a belief in a common culture."
KENNETH WILLIAMS
"The BBC were always questioning." Kenneth Williams talks about Round the Horne.
JOE ORTON
"I hope I've never written anything as bad as some of the early Shakespeare's." Joe Orton talks about his work and life.
PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
Crime writer Patricia Highsmith explains what she likes about Mr Ripley.
BRIDGET RILEY
Artist Bridget Riley talks about why the stripes in her paintings signify interaction.
RICHARD LONG
"For me the work is the meeting place for the intellect and the body."
ANTHONY CARO
"I have great faith in spontaneity" Caro talks about his sculpture and working with Henry Moore
ALF RAMSEY
Alf Ramsey describes how he feels after England's 1966 World Cup victory.
BOBBY MOORE
England's football captain talks about which games he most enjoyed in the 1966 World Cup.
MAHARISHI
The Beatles' guru talks about the rewards of spiritual life, meditation and prayer.
YEHUDI MENUHIN
"I can only remember wanting to be a musician. I can't remember before that stage."
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH
The famous nature broadcaster admits he gets frightened in the jungle.