First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
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
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
As the 18th century went on, music began to acquire a higher moral purpose and communal singing became a means of finding a kind of perfection amid the harsh reality of daily life. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Suzy Klein tells the story of the composers and musicians who shaped the 18th-century British musical map. She investigates music as a weapon in the fight for British identity. Show more