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In Our Time

The Gin Craze

Duration: 52 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the economic and social factors that led to the craze for gin in the 18th century and the moves to control it Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Angela McShane
Interviewed Guest:
Judith Hawley
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Major