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Rainbow Valley is a monthly podcast where your host, Scott takes a look at key events and personalities that shaped one the most influential, vibrant, tumultuous and swinging decades in history. Join us as we celebrate the 1960's with the stories surrounding the music and news events of the decade that shook the world.
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Signup to Generate a PitchRainbow Valley is a monthly podcast where your host, Scott takes a look at key events and personalities that shaped one the most influential, vibrant, tumultuous and swinging decades in history. Join us as we celebrate the 1960's with the stories surrounding the music and news events of the decade that shook the world.
Rainbow Valley is hosted by Scott. The show has published 49 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 028 - The Aberfan Disaster" (21 October 2026, 71 minutes), "Episode 048 - The Lady Chatterley Trial (1960)" (15 September 2026, 38 minutes), and "Episode 047 - Seven Inches Of History - The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown (1960)" (14 September 2026, 7 minutes).
Rainbow Valley publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 51 minutes across 49 episodes.
Booking probability for Rainbow Valley is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Rainbow Valley requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Rainbow Valley's contact route on record: verified email.
Scott hosts Rainbow Valley, a history podcast with 49 episodes published.
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Episode #28
Aberfan: A Village Forever Changed Rainbow Valley — telling the stories from the decade that shook the world On the morning of Friday 21 October 1966, children in the Welsh mining village of Aberfan arrived at Pantglas...
The Sixties had begun. Someone had apparently forgotten to tell the prosecution. It is 1960. The Beatles are still playing clubs, the mini-skirt is some way off, Britain has yet to start swinging and much of the country...
Two voices, one microphone, a broken heart and a drum sound that seemed to arrive from somewhere in the future. This time on Seven Inches of History, we reach The Everly Brothers and "Cathy's Clown" – one of the most...
One raised eyebrow, one unmistakable voice and a perfectly innocent question that somehow sounds anything but. This time on Seven Inches of History, we reach Anthony Newley and "Do You Mind?" – a record that took one of...
A dustbin, a donkey jacket and one of the biggest singalongs of 1960. This time on Seven Inches of History, we reach one of those records that seems to have been part of British life forever — Lonnie Donegan's "My Old...
A song about doomed love, written by a man who never lived to see it top the charts. "Running Bear" is a cheerful record about two people who drown. That tension between the bouncy production and the tragic storyline is...
"Just remember this - in this country they drive on the wrong side of the road" In 1969, British cinema delivered one of its most enduringly cheerful acts of grand larceny. The Italian Job had Michael Caine, three Mini...
Two number ones before breakfast. Adam Faith was just getting started. Adam Faith was not an accident. While some artists stumble into the charts through luck or timing, Terence Nelhams-Wright from Acton arrived at...
The accidental pop star who couldn't wait to get back to the theatre. Anthony Newley never really wanted to be a pop singer. He wanted to be in the theatre. The trouble was, the British public had other ideas, and in...
The record that started a decade, and made history doing it. The 1960s didn't begin with a fanfare. They began with a carry-over. Emile Ford and the Checkmates had reached number one back in November 1959 with "What Do...
One week at the top, a lifetime of sadness behind the smile. The first brand new number one of the 1960s belonged to a man from Liverpool with a voice like warm honey and a stage name chosen for its lightness. Michael...
Episode #18
Episode 018 of The Rainbow Valley podcast – telling the stories that made the swinging decade. Join me as I tell the story of the movie that nearly brought 20th Century Fox crashing to the ground. The longest and most...
In London in the 1880s, the city was gripped by fear. A killer was prowling the cobbled, fog heavy streets of Whitechapel murdering prostitutes in a chilling reign of terror. Fast forward seventy years and a new killer...
Episode #5
It can certainly be safe to say that the 1960s produced some of the most dramatic changes in the world of popular music. From the early days of rock and roll, through to the swinging beat scene, the British invasion...
Episode #19
Episode 019 of The Rainbow Valley podcast – telling the stories that made the swinging decade. Join me as I tell the story of one of the finest singers Britain has ever produced. A true icon in the world of popular...
Episode #7
1963 - a massive year in terms of news events. A year that would see an increase in tensions in America as the battle for racial equality raged on. It would be the year in which a scandal in the UK involving call girls...
Episode 020 of the Rainbow Valley podcast – telling the stories that made the swinging decade. Emil Savundra, for a brief period in the late sixties, was probably the most reviled man in the UK. A Sri Lankan swindler...
On August 1 st 1960, an album on the Warner Brothers label reached number one in the Billboard Mono Action Albums Chart. It was the debut album for this particular artist and would remain at the top for fourteen weeks...
1966: The Year We Won...And Lost The World Cup As we head rapidly towards the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar, you may be forgiven for thinking that this episode must surely recount the tale of how England won the world...
Episode #25
WE'RE BACK!! Our first episode in two years is finally with you – and it's a cracker. Join Scott as he tells the story of the making of the movie Zulu. RAINBOW VALLEY – THE MAKING OF ZULU Rainbow Valley is a monthly...
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