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Manifest Destinies: There's No Business like Show Business

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Last in a series that takes the pulse of 21st-century America in the run-up to the presidential election.

Bridget Kendall discovers how entertainment permeates every aspect of American life. In Minnesota she visits a theme-park mall which attracts more visitors than Walt Disney World. If the entertainment industry now provides America's social glue, what, she asks, happens to the traditional values of community and family?

(Repeated Sunday 5pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Bridget Kendall
Producer:
Sue Ellis
Editor:
Maria Balinska
Source: Radio Times

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