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Tim Pigott-Smith presents a unique audio snapshot of the history of the Twentieth Century. Released in ten volumes, Eyewitness provides a rare opportunity to hear the history of the 20th century described by those who were actually there.
'Eyewitness' provides a rare and fascinating opportunity to hear the events of the century described by those who saw them happen. The historian Joanna Bourke interweaves a wealth of BBC archive recordings, some never previously broadcast, with an illuminating commentary. Published in ten volumes, 'Eyewitness' examines life in each decade of the century.
Although defined as the decade of flappers, jazz and Bright Young Things, the Roaring Twenties did not really begin until 1926. In 1920 the mood was solemn, with a sense of post-war disillusionment. Ex-servicemen, expecting to come home to a land fit for heroes, found instead widespread unemployment. The General Strike plunged Britain into a state of emergency, and at the end of the decade the world was swept into recession. But between those years there was much to celebrate. Key figures such as Sir John Reith, Ramsay MacDonald and Alfred Hitchcock, as well as miners, ex-servicemen and strikebreakers, recall the decade from their differing perspectives.
