The Third Programme, high culture for all in postwar Britain, produced & directed by Rachel Jardine
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The Third Programme, high culture for all in postwar Britain, produced & directed by Rachel Jardine
Language
eng
Main title
The Third Programme
Responsibility statement
produced & directed by Rachel Jardine
Series statement
Lost Decade
Sub title
high culture for all in postwar Britain
Summary
Chronicles the story of BBC's Third Programme. Introduced in 1946, the station was unlike anything else on the airwaves. Broadcasting only the very best of high culture, the Third Programme captured a new ideal - that elite culture was good for the whole nation. Surprisingly, it was a vision shared by both left and right
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