The Great War has started. Then we learn of the Dadaists influence on the artists of Montparnasse.

Then Marcel Duchamp will invent his infamous '50cc of Paris Air' before returning to New York.

Sue Roe charts the birth of Surrealism in this racy, rackety Paris quarter.

Abridged by Katrin Williams.

Read by Tracy Ann Oberman.

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018. Show less