Robert Hardy presents the last of six pictorial journeys through history, bringing together period songs and writings to create a kaleidoscope of British life as once it was lived.
Frost Fairs and Winter Pastimes
An impression of the severe winters of long ago (the earliest ballad printed on the frozen
Thames was in 1683) and some of the ways in which men have endured and even enjoyed them. Recalled by HENRY STAMPER , ELIZABETH PROUD and PATRICK MALAHIDE with CHARLES WEST, SHEILA MATHEWS , CHARLES YOUNG, AND HIS SINGERS AND MUSICIANS
Compiled by GERALD FROW Producer JOHN DYAS (Charles West is in ' Annie ' at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London)