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Timeshift: Series 11: Episode 5: The Picture Postcard World of Nigel Walmsley

The Picture Postcard World of Nigel Walmsley

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Episode 5: The Picture Postcard World of Nigel Walmsley

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BBC Four - Timeshift, Series 11, The Picture Postcard World of Nigel Walmsley

The story behind the humble picture postcard, told by comic creation Nigel Walmsley.

The story behind the humble picture postcard, told by comic creation Nigel Walmsley. With their own language and bespoke rules, postcards were the texts and emails of their era.

The surprising story behind the humble picture postcard, playfully told by comic creation Nigel Walmsley. With their own language and bespoke rules, postcards were the texts and emails of their era, at a time when households received up to four postal deliveries a day. Postcards became a holiday staple, but they were once an important means of communicating events - from election results to rail crashes. Entering the world of collectable cards, it's easy to understand the value of a card posted from the Titanic. It's harder to see why anyone would want to collect cards of holiday camps or motorway service stations, but they do. Some consider postcards an art form, others are fascinated by the messages on the back, poignantly stranded in time. Nigel Walmsley is mostly amused.

Timeshift: Series 11

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