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The Sporting Hero
Episode 3 of 4
Prize fighting and broadsheet ballads: John Sessions on the Restoration and development of new entertainment strands. From 2008.
A look at the hundred-year period from the Restoration of 1660 onwards, and the rise of a new figure in popular entertainment: the sporting hero.
Plus, the importance of the increasing use of printing, as a way of spreading popular entertainment around the country and of establishing popular tunes and songs.
John Sessions continues his series charting the history of popular entertainment in Britain, from medieval minstrels to Victorian freakshows.
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in September 2008.
Last on
Sun 12 May 2019
05:30
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Sat 27 Sep 2008 10:30麻豆社 Radio 4- Christmas Day 2008 21:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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- Sat 11 May 2019 07:30麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 11 May 2019 17:30麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 12 May 2019 05:30麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra