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The English Sunday

on BBC Home Service Basic

"I do not know for what unspeakable sin the Lord sentenced England to the weekly punishment of her Sunday." (Karel Capek)

An investigation by Charles Hodgson into the laws relating to Sunday observance, their effects, and the arguments for and against possible changes in legislation with the recorded voices of Lord Willis, Harold Legerton of the Lord's Day Observance Society, churchmen, actors, sportsmen, caterers, and foreigners living in England.

Contributors

Presenter:
Charles Hodgson
Producer:
Maurice Brown

BBC Home Service Basic

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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