HISTORY
27 September 2008
Saturday 27 September 2008 10:30-11:00 (Radio 4 FM)
John Sessions presents a series charting the history of popular entertainment in Britain, from medieval minstrels to Victorian freakshows.
He looks at the hundred-year period from the Restoration of 1660 onwards, and the rise of a new figure in popular entertainment: the sporting hero. Also the importance of the increasing use of printing, as a way of spreading popular entertainment around the country and of establishing popular tunes and songs.
Followed by News.
