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The Archive Hour: Making Our Own Entertainment

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Comedian Arnold Brown examines the BBC archives to find evidence of life at home in the days before television, when families had to invent ways of spending time together. They played parlour games, sang around the piano, tuned into the wireless to listen to game shows and dance bands. Was life really more fun, or did television bring much-needed entertainment to a boring existence?

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Presenter:
Arnold Brown
Producer:
Helen Garrison

BBC Radio 4 FM

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