A Tale Of Six Cities

Writer and anthropologist Margaret Visser sets out to discover differences and similarities between the countries of Europe.

Episode

Title

First
Broadcast

Comments

Space

19980125

From the Ramblas in Barcelona, a look at the extent to which we mould the space of the cities we live in, and how we are moulded by them.

Talk

19980201

How can different cultures make a stream of words say so much more than they literally mean?

Breakfast

19980208

What does a country's taste in breakfast reveal about its people? The first meal of the day in Barcelona and Berlin, London and Helsinki.

Subways

19980215

How a city's subway system and the way it is used reveal a surprising amount about cultural preoccupations.

Embarrassment

19980222

Which actions and behaviour are considered `beyond the pale' by Europeans, and what does this reveal about their various systems of social control?

06 LAST

Shopping

19980301

Attitudes to what you can buy, and at what time of day or night, differ vastly from city to city.

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	Space	19980125	From the Ramblas in Barcelona, a look at the extent to which we mould the space of the cities we live in, and how we are moulded by them.
02	Talk	19980201	How can different cultures make a stream of words say so much more than they literally mean?
03	Breakfast	19980208	What does a country's taste in breakfast reveal about its people? The first meal of the day in Barcelona and Berlin, London and Helsinki.
04	Subways	19980215	How a city's subway system and the way it is used reveal a surprising amount about cultural preoccupations.
05	Embarrassment	19980222	Which actions and behaviour are considered `beyond the pale' by Europeans, and what does this reveal about their various systems of social control?
06 LAST	Shopping	19980301	Attitudes to what you can buy, and at what time of day or night, differ vastly from city to city.