Dr Helen Brooks, one of our Drama Academics, spoke on BBC Radio 3 in December about First World War popular culture in…<\/p>\n
Matthew Sweet presents a special ‘live documentary’ exploring First World War popular culture – from music hall to movies, theatre to night clubs and drugs – recorded before an audience at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios, in the style of a music hall evening.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n On the Bill:<\/p>\n How did Britain’s touring trick-cyclists cope with the loss of their male colleagues to the Western Front?<\/p>\n What could you see at the movies at Christmas?<\/p>\n How did boredom in the trenches become the theme of a hit stage play?<\/p>\n What activity, first banned during the war, linked aristocrats and actresses, movie stars and prostitutes?<\/p>\n And what did audiences make of all this?<\/p>\n Find out as Matthew leads an evening of interviews, discussions and 100 year old jokes with historians Fern Riddell, Ian Christie, Helen Brooks and Marek Kohn.<\/p>\n With piano accompaniment and contributions from Neil Brand, and song and play extracts performed by Ian Conningham and Hannah Genesius of the BBC Radio Drama.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n You can listen to the programme here: http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b04vdgq8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"