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Radio 4,3 mins

Was being a 1950's housewife actually any fun?

Woman's Hour

Available for over a year

Katherine Parkinson stars in a new play ‘Home, I’m Darling’ at The National Theatre ‏about a modern day couple living in the1950’s, she joins journalist and comedian Viv Groskop and social historian Juliet Gardiner to discuss the myths and truths of that era.

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