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From camping on the continent to the all-inclusive package, summer holidays were changing. Read by Fenella Woolgar.

From driving and camping on the continent to the heady pleasures of an all-inclusive package, the summer holiday as generations of Britons know it is about to change for ever.

Ysenda Maxtone Graham interviews people from all walks of life to discover how they were shaped by the long months of summer in this entertaining and touching chronicle of British school holidays.

Abridged by Rosemary Goring

Read by Fenella Woolgar.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2020.

14 minutes

Last on

Sat 7 Aug 202102:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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