Synopsis
‘Forty years ago Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were busted for drugs at Richards’ home in Sussex. The arrest received massive coverage. When the two were given custodial sentences, William Rees-Mogg, then editor of ‘The Times’, wrote a famous leader pointing out that the punishment was heavier than the crime merited and if unknown young men were similarly arraigned they would have got off lighter. He’s one of the interviewees here, as is Andrew Loog Oldham, the Stones manager at the time. Bob Harris presents and produces’.
‘Sunday Telegraph’.

Interviews
William Rees-Mogg
Andrew Loog-Oldham
Jeff Dexter
Robert Warren
Steve Abrams
Sean O’Hagan

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Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
Paul McCartney
George Harrison

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