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FOLK BRITANNIA
This three-part series was the centrepiece of our 2006 season exploring British folk music. Folk Britannia traces the evolution of folk music from the end of World War II up to the scene's latter-day revival.
The story is told by those who lived and shaped it - a stellar cast from every era that includes Bert Jansch, Peggy Seeger, Martin Carthy, Donovan, Davy Graham, Richard Thompson, Maddy Prior, Billy Bragg, Shane MacGowan, Beth Orton and Seth Lakeman.
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1: BALLADS & BLUES
From the post-war, highly politicised folk clubs to the 1950s skiffle scene that captured the imagination of the nation's youth.
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2: FOLK ROOTS, NEW ROUTES
In the 1960s the folk boom takes hold, and bands like Fairport Convention and Pentangle bring the music into unexpected new places.
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3: BETWEEN THE WARS
Folk-rock enters the 1970s mainstream, a political edge returns to music in Thatcher's Britain and, today, two very different scenes see folk music flourishing once more.
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