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The Sporting Hero

Episode 3 of 4

Prize fighting and broadsheet ballads: John Sessions on the Restoration and development of new entertainment strands. From 2008.

A look at the hundred-year period from the Restoration of 1660 onwards, and the rise of a new figure in popular entertainment: the sporting hero.

Plus, the importance of the increasing use of printing, as a way of spreading popular entertainment around the country and of establishing popular tunes and songs.

John Sessions continues his series charting the history of popular entertainment in Britain, from medieval minstrels to Victorian freakshows.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 May 201905:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Sat 27 Sep 200810:30
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  • Christmas Day 200821:00
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  • Thu 29 Jan 201506:30
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  • Thu 29 Jan 201513:30
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  • Thu 29 Jan 201520:30
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  • Fri 30 Jan 201502:30
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  • Sat 11 May 201907:30
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  • Sat 11 May 201917:30
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  • Sun 12 May 201905:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra