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| Archive Hour, The | ...Social historian JEFFREY RICHARDS looks at these hubs of urban life, and explores their place in our culture as ARCHITECTure, places of welcome and farewell, and as the starting point for writers, artists and designers.... |
| Archive On 4 | ...Sponsored by a well-known 'toilet soap', the Lux Theater brought the silver screen to the airwaves, with specially adapted versions of new Hollywood products including The Philadelphia Story, The African Queen and The Wizard of Oz. Professor JEFFREY RICHARDS takes us back to the place where cinema and radio united and produced an unlikely lovechild.... |
| Biggles And The Long Haul | ...JEFFREY RICHARDS (Speaker)... |
| Billy Bunter's Birthday Bash | ...Contributors include Martin Jarvis, Greyfriars memorabilia collector Laurie Mansfield, Brett Kahr psychoanalyst and children's literature expert Brett Kahr, biographer Mary Cadogan and JEFFREY RICHARDS, professor of popular culture at Lancaster Unversity.... |
| Book Of The Month | ...The fourth of 12 monthly programmes in which a leading writer or critic reviews a new publication. How Britishness in portrayed on screen is discussed by film historian Ian Christie as he reviews `Films and British National Identity: From Dickens to Dad's Army', a new volume of essays in which cultural historian JEFFREY RICHARDS explores the vital role cinema television have played in defining national identity.... |
| Childhood In The Middle Ages | ...Prof JEFFREY RICHARDS questions the view there was no concept of childhood in the Middle Ages, that children were treated as minature adults and there was a general indiffence to children prompted by high child mortality.... |
| Elgar And Empire | ...Examining a controversial aspect of the composer, for many feel that Elgar's music is somehow tainted by the association with imperialist aims and ideals, this documentary presents different views about Elgar and Empire from historians JEFFREY RICHARDS, John Mackenzie and Bernard Porter, pianist David Owen Norris and conductor Mark Elder... |
| Film Programme, The | ...Poet Clive Wilmer and Professor JEFFREY RICHARDS cross swords over their favourite Errol Flynn swashbuckler.... |
| Flea Pits And Dream Palaces | ...Professor JEFFREY RICHARDS charts the history of cinemas in Britain and examines the impact of cinema-going on people's lives. Film-makers and filmgoers share their memories and explain what it was like to see the news in pictures.... |
| Radio Adventurers, The | ...Prof JEFFREY RICHARDS explores the radio careers of some great fictional adventurers.... |
| Radio Detectives, The | ...Professor JEFFREY RICHARDS recalls the husband and wife team that battled villains.... |
| Radio Lives | ...JEFFREY RICHARDS (Speaker)... |
| Swashbucklers, The | ...Prof JEFFREY RICHARDS with a series looking at the swashbuckling heroes of yesteryear. In this programme, Robin Hood ... |
| Within These Walls | ...JEFFREY RICHARDS explores the history of a castle which still contains a working Crown Court and prison.... |