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During the eighteenth century an expanding postal network offered new possibilities for long-distance relationships. From travelling preachers to sailors and their families, people from all backgrounds found ways to write home.
As Royal Mail faces an uncertain future, Dominic Sandbrook charts the development of the post office and examines it's impact on literacy, free speech, commerce and communication.
Writer and Presenter: Dominic Sandbrook
Historical Consultant: Susan Whyman
Musicians: Sam Lee, Bella Hardy, Mick Sands, Nick Hart
Actors:Morgan George, John Sessions, Simon Tcherniak,
Malcolm Tierney, Jane Whittenshaw
Producer: Joby Waldman
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
'The Postman' - Oil Painting. Oil on canvas by Thomas Liddall Armitage.
Depicts two women waiting eagerly on the doorstep as the postman, in blue uniform and cap, sorts through letters from his mail bag.
Date: C. 1891
© Royal Mail Group Ltd 2011 / The British Postal Museum & Archive
BBC Radio 4Wed 7 Dec 2011 13:45 BBC Radio 4
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