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A Working Society

Episode 3 of 4

The thinking idiot's anthropologist charts the bumpy evolution of the Western world. With Dan Tetsell. From April 2006.

Charting our bumpy evolution, Chris Addison explains why he chose to spell civilisation with a Z.

Continuing his journey through the vast and rich subject of civilisation, the thinking-idiot's anthropologist explains exactly what we need to create a new one.

With:

Professor Austin Herring (Geoffrey McGivern)
Jo Enright
Dan Tetsell

Producer: Simon Nicholls

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 30 Sep 202423:30
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