I am a bit wary about a BBC documentary on the 1960s. Period documentaries often exaggerate what happened and especially exaggerate the role and importance of politics.
As one who grew up in the 1960s I sort of know how it was. Lots of societal changes but most people just went about their lives.
I don’t know how you can say that. There was no more going about their lives. Their home lives were changed. TV changed. Magazines changed. Music changed. Movies changed. Fashion changed. Lingo changed. The War was fought in your living room. Your friends changed. The local Ma and Pa store changed. (They now sold Zig-Zag rolling paper.) No more boppin at the hop. Camelot ended with a gunshot (or eight). High school changed. College changed. Taboos and mores changed. It was widespread and rampant and spread like a wildfire. No more ‘45s. All LP and many double albums. No more Hot Rods. Hitchhiker’s crisscrossed the nation. The country was open twenty four seven. It was inescapable.