Century Speaks, The

Synopsis: In July 1998, producers at 40 local and regional BBC radio stations began interviewing 6,000 people from all backgrounds, ranging in age from 4 to 107. The aim was to capture the experience of the last century through the voices of ordinary people. 640 half-hour programmes were broadcast on local radio stations across the UK, and the interviews are now deposited in the National Sound Archives in the British Library, and are known as the ‘Millennium memory bank’. The material was also edited into 8 30-minute programmes, linked by Corin Redgrave, and broadcast on Radio 4. Each programme covers a different theme: where we live; house and home; living together; childhood; playtime; getting older; crime and the law; what’s next?
Series: BBC Radio Collection, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio; Audiocassette. 220 min.
Year of production: 1999
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £9.99 (+p&p)
Notes: The full archive is available online at www/bbc.co.uk/history/community/oral/index/shtml
Subjects: History
Keywords: history of the 20th century; oral history; social history

Name: BBC Radio Collection, c/o Choices UK, 19-24 Manasty Road, Orton Southgate, Peterborough PE2 6UP, tel 01733 236800, fax 01733 230618, www.choicesdirect.co.uk
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