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The research behind the series
Amanda Vickery discusses how the History of Private Life was pieced together from courtship letters, confessions and wills, diaries and autobiographies, inventories, advertisements, burglary trials, and upholsterers' ledgers.
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Music from the series
Music researcher Wiebke Thormahlen on adding aural colour to the programmes.
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Radio 4 Blog
Go behind the scenes with programme producer Elizabeth Burke.
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Jon Snow on reporting from Iran, the future of the TV licence fee, and the Guardian USA. 