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The Last Summer - Diary of a Debutante

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

The first of three programmes this evening marking the 80th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
In the summer of 1914 Pearl
Barrington Crake was a debutante, filling her days with tennis, shopping and dances. Combining extracts from her personal diary with material from the British Pathe Film
Archive, this documentary captures the atmosphere of the weeks leading to the outbreak of the First World War.
ProducerCarol Sennett; Executive producer
Laurence Rees (Timewatch: Seeds of War is at 8.50pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Franz Ferdinand.
Unknown:
Barrington Crake
Producer:
Laurence Rees
Source: Radio Times

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