The Roaring Twenties
Melvyn Bragg reveals archive footage telling the history of modern Britain. At Cliveden House, he looks back to the 1920s to discover how the other half lived.
Melvyn Bragg, accompanied by a vintage mobile cinema, travels across the country, to show incredible footage preserved by the British Film Institute and other national and regional film archives, to tell the history of modern Britain.
At Cliveden House in Berkshire, Melvyn looks back to the Roaring Twenties to discover how the other half lived, when a group of bright young people created Britain's first modern cult of celebrity.
The tragic story of Britain's original 'it girl', Elizabeth Ponsonby, is told by her niece Elizabeth. The current Lord Astor returns to his ancestral home to give a guided tour. And Martin Blaber explains what life was like below stairs for Cliveden's renowned head butler, his uncle, Edwin Lee.
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A 1920s 'it girl'
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Melvyn Bragg |
Series Producer | Dympna Jackson |
Executive Producer | Ruth Pitt |
Broadcasts
- Fri 9 Sep 2011 18:30
- Sat 15 Oct 2011 03:40
- Fri 1 Feb 2013 14:45
- Sat 10 Aug 2013 09:10
- Tue 25 Feb 2014 19:30
- Thu 29 Jan 2015 13:40
- Mon 30 Jan 2017 19:30
- Fri 9 Nov 2018 13:45成人快手 Two except Scotland & Wales
- Wed 6 May 2020 13:30成人快手 Two except Scotland & Wales
- Wed 6 May 2020 15:00成人快手 Two Wales HD & Wales only