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Greg Jenner enjoys 'Listen With Mother' from 1950 and explores how children's entertainment has changed since then.

Public historian Greg Jenner enjoys a clip from 1950 of the iconic radio show Listen with Mother, and reflects on the ways children's entertainment has changed since then with Professor Kate Lacey and Kay Benbow

Marking the centenary of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, Past Forward uses a random date generator to alight somewhere in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's vast archive over the past 100 years. Greg Jenner hears an archive clip for the first time at the top of the programme, and uses it as a starting point in a journey towards the present day. The archive captures a century of British life in a unique way - a history of ordinary people’s lives, as well as news of the great events. Greg uncovers connections through people, places and ideas that link the archive fragment to Britain in 2022, pulling in help from experts and those who remember the time, and looking at how far we've come since then.

Producer: Megan Jones

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14 minutes

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Sun 12 Jun 2022 14:45

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  • Mon 28 Mar 2022 13:45
  • Sun 12 Jun 2022 00:15
  • Sun 12 Jun 2022 14:45