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Voices of the Powerless, Volume Two
In this second part of his fascinating journey through British history, Melvyn Bragg selects six more key moments from the last millennium and travels through this country and beyond, speaking to historians and experts about the life of the ordinary citizen in each period.
Beginning in urban Lancashire, where he examines how the warp and weft of the Industrial Revolution fashioned men's and women's lives, he moves on to the historic dockyard of Chatham to explore the life of a seaman in Nelson's navy. Still on the high seas, he voyages to Tasmania to find out what a sentence of transportation to Van Diemen's Land really meant to those who survived the journey 'beyond the seas'. He stops off in Mull to investigate the Highland Clearances and travels to East Yorkshire to tell the story of the Wolds Wagoners, a regiment of British tommies sent 'over the top' in World War one. Finally he visits Merthyr Tydfil to look at the plight of the miners in the Depression.
These programmes were first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 24 July to 28 August 2003.
Beginning in urban Lancashire, where he examines how the warp and weft of the Industrial Revolution fashioned men's and women's lives, he moves on to the historic dockyard of Chatham to explore the life of a seaman in Nelson's navy. Still on the high seas, he voyages to Tasmania to find out what a sentence of transportation to Van Diemen's Land really meant to those who survived the journey 'beyond the seas'. He stops off in Mull to investigate the Highland Clearances and travels to East Yorkshire to tell the story of the Wolds Wagoners, a regiment of British tommies sent 'over the top' in World War one. Finally he visits Merthyr Tydfil to look at the plight of the miners in the Depression.
These programmes were first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 24 July to 28 August 2003.
4 pages, Audio CD
First published September 1, 2003
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Melvyn Bragg
133 books141 followersMelvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, FRSL, FRTS (born 6 October 1939) is an English author, broadcaster and media personality who, aside from his many literary endeavours, is perhaps most recognised for his work on The South Bank Show.
Bragg is a prolific novelist and writer of non-fiction, and has written a number of television and film screenplays. Some of his early television work was in collaboration with Ken Russell, for whom he wrote the biographical dramas The Debussy Film (1965) and Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1967), as well as Russell's film about Tchaikovsky, The Music Lovers (1970). He is president of the National Academy of Writing. His 2008 novel, Remember Me is a largely autobiographical story.
He is also a Vice President of the Friends of the British Library, a charity set up to provide funding support to the British Library.
Bragg is a prolific novelist and writer of non-fiction, and has written a number of television and film screenplays. Some of his early television work was in collaboration with Ken Russell, for whom he wrote the biographical dramas The Debussy Film (1965) and Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1967), as well as Russell's film about Tchaikovsky, The Music Lovers (1970). He is president of the National Academy of Writing. His 2008 novel, Remember Me is a largely autobiographical story.
He is also a Vice President of the Friends of the British Library, a charity set up to provide funding support to the British Library.
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