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22/12/2016

Family Secrets

BBC Radio 4 - The History of Secrecy, Family Secrets

Is secrecy within the family harmful, or can it offer a necessary form of protection?

Is a culture of secrecy within the family harmful, or can it offer a necessary form of protection?

For the Victorians, privacy meant keeping people out of your business. We hear from geneticist Sir Paul Nurse who has had several family secrets kept from him. We learn the importance of secrecy within the family as he describes the revelation of these secrets. 

Produced by Kate Bissell.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Tiffany Jenkins presents a narrative history of secrecy.

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