Themes and variations from the History of the People in Britain, based upon their own words.
5: Village Church
In the early medieval village the priest and other ' clerks ' wrote about their world: the daily hustle and bustle of activities. From dawn to dusk and from birth to death, life was bound up with the demands of the church.
Composed and produced by DANIEL SNOWMAN under the direction of Paul Hyams , Fellow and Lecturer in Modern History, University of Oxford, who also speaks the commentary.
The series of 26 programmes created in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop by MICHAEL MASON (Further details: Wed, 3.45pm) (Part 6: 2 January)