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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.

 
  Listen to Vivian Stanshall   VIVIAN STANSHALL
"We were people who were rebellious neo-dadaists, iconoclasts...the jokers in various London art schools."
  Listen to Roman Polanski   ROMAN POLANSKI
"Definitely there is some relation between what I do and what has happened to me."
  Listen to Dennis Potter   DENNIS POTTER
"I set out to write specifically for television precisely because I demanded for myself a belief in a common culture."
  Listen to Kenneth Williams   KENNETH WILLIAMS
"The BBC were always questioning." Kenneth Williams talks about Round the Horne.
  Listen to Joe Orton   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.
  Listen to Patricia Highsmith   PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
Crime writer Patricia Highsmith explains what she likes about Mr Ripley.
  Listen to Bridget Riley   BRIDGET RILEY
Artist Bridget Riley talks about why the stripes in her paintings signify interaction.
  Listen to Richard Long   RICHARD LONG
"For me the work is the meeting place for the intellect and the body."
  Listen to Anthony Caro   ANTHONY CARO
"I have great faith in spontaneity" Caro talks about his sculpture and working with Henry Moore
  Listen to Alf Ramsey   ALF RAMSEY
Alf Ramsey describes how he feels after England's 1966 World Cup victory.
  Listen to Bobby Moore   BOBBY MOORE
England's football captain talks about which games he most enjoyed in the 1966 World Cup.
  Listen to Maharishi   MAHARISHI
The Beatles' guru talks about the rewards of spiritual life, meditation and prayer.
  Listen to Yehudi Menuhin   YEHUDI MENUHIN
"I can only remember wanting to be a musician. I can't remember before that stage."
  Listen to David Attenborough   DAVID ATTENBOROUGH
The famous nature broadcaster admits he gets frightened in the jungle.
 
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