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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
From medieval minstrels to Victorian freak shows, John Sessions explores the history of popular entertainment in Britain. From September 2008. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Ringside gambling, brutal bear-baiting and Bankside theatre. John Sessions reaches the age of the libertine in Elizabethan London. From 2008. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Prize fighting and broadsheet ballads: John Sessions on the Restoration and development of new entertainment strands. From 2008. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The circus, the music hall and the odd high-diving elk - John Sessions concludes his history of popular entertainment. From October 2008. Show more
