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Ladybird, Ladybird

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It's the 60th anniversary of Ladybird books but, as the company closes down itsA/lidlands operation and is swallowed up by Penguin, an era comes to an end. Clare Jenkins tells the story of a publishing phenomenon and the last vestiges of a fifties childhood that is fading from memory - along with ankle socks, sleeveless Fair Isle pullovers and innocence. Producer Lindsay Leonard

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Clare Jenkins
Producer:
Lindsay Leonard
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