Dominic Sandbrook: Let Us Entertain You
Dominic Sandbrook explores British post-war culture, arguing that it is a crucial part of Britain's modern identity - yet one firmly indebted to our Victorian past.
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- Ep 1
1.The New British Empire
04-11-2015Like the industrial revolution before it, our postwar culture is a success story built on geographical opportunism and an indefatigable entrepreneurial spirit. Just as the industri...
- Ep 2
2.In With The Old
11-11-2015The industrial revolution seemed to presage a fundamental upheaval of British society and an overturning of the traditional social hierarchies. For the first time a burgeoning midd...
- Ep 3
3.Modern Victorians
18-11-2015Postwar culture has not merely been driven by the same qualities and impulses that shaped Victorian Britain - it has also demonstrated many of the same anxieties and preoccupations...
- Ep 4
4.Me, Myself and I
25-11-2015The final programme looks at the way in which postwar culture has seen the triumph of an idea that first took hold during the Victorian period: the rise of the individual. Industri...
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