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Rule Britannia! Music, Mischief and Morals in the 18th Century

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Series about 18th-century British music. As money poured in from its trade empire, Britain rediscovered a taste for pleasure and fun, and music became a tool for social mobility. Show more

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