David Kynaston - Family Britain

Episode

Title

First
Broadcast

Repeated

Comments

All Madly Educative

20091123

20091124 (R4)

Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people.

The Festival of Britain heralds the beginning of the end of austerity.

Abridged by Jane Greenwood.

A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4.

Family Favourites

20091124

20091125 (R4)

Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people.

Deference, respectability, conformity, restraint and trust - the core values of family and society begin to fray at the edges.

Abridged by Jane Greenwood.

A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4.

The core values of 1950s family and society begin to fray at the edges.

God Save Our Queen

20091125

20091126 (R4)

Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people.

While the country is spellbound by the Coronation of 1953, another royal soap opera is about to unfold.

Abridged by Jane Greenwood.

A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4.

While Britain is spellbound by the Coronation, another royal soap opera is about to unfold

Brisk Buying And Selling

20091126

20091127 (R4)

Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people.

A new era of affluence is fuelled by a boom in advertising and the arrival of commercial television.

Abridged by Jane Greenwood.

A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4.

A new era of affluence is fuelled by an advertising boom and the arrival of commercial TV.

05 LAST

A Pretty Mess

20091127

20091128 (R4)

Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people.

An increasingly affluent and confident Britain is rocked by the Suez crisis.

Abridged by Jane Greenwood.

A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	All Madly Educative	20091123	20091124 (R4)	Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people. The Festival of Britain heralds the beginning of the end of austerity. Abridged by Jane Greenwood. A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4.
02	Family Favourites	20091124	20091125 (R4)	Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people. Deference, respectability, conformity, restraint and trust - the core values of family and society begin to fray at the edges. Abridged by Jane Greenwood. A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4. The core values of 1950s family and society begin to fray at the edges.
03	God Save Our Queen	20091125	20091126 (R4)	Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people. While the country is spellbound by the Coronation of 1953, another royal soap opera is about to unfold. Abridged by Jane Greenwood. A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4. While Britain is spellbound by the Coronation, another royal soap opera is about to unfold
04	Brisk Buying And Selling	20091126	20091127 (R4)	Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people. A new era of affluence is fuelled by a boom in advertising and the arrival of commercial television. Abridged by Jane Greenwood. A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4. A new era of affluence is fuelled by an advertising boom and the arrival of commercial TV.
05 LAST	A Pretty Mess	20091127	20091128 (R4)	Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people. An increasingly affluent and confident Britain is rocked by the Suez crisis. Abridged by Jane Greenwood. A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4.