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Episode 1

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Last broadcast on Thu, 25 Dec 2008, 20:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

John Sessions presents a series charting the history of popular entertainment in Britain, from medieval minstrels to Victorian freakshows.

He starts with our medieval ancestors and attempts to unpick a few myths about wandering minstrels and motley fools keeping the toiling peasants entertained.

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  1. Sat 13 Sep 2008
    10:30
    BBC Radio 4
  2. Thu 25 Dec 2008
    20:00
    BBC Radio 4

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