{"product_id":"book-ghjf","title":"Past Forward: A Century of Sound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA funny, fascinating and personal look at 100 years of history in the BBC archives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorian Greg Jenner uses a random date generator to visit somewhere in the BBC's vast archives of remarkable sound clips from the last 100 years. Using that clip as a jumping-off point to explore what has changed between then and now, Greg talks to experts and those connected to the archived people, places, and ideas, including Stephen Fry, writer Naomi Alderman, playwright Nell Leyshon, social historian Carol Dyhouse, author and disability campaigner Dr Amit Patel, food historian Annie Gray, and inveterate tennis fan Geoff Dyer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom dance crazes, post-war Christmases and communist sitcoms to pub evolution, life on the waterways and women's political activism, \u003cb\u003ePast Forward\u003c\/b\u003e provides a rich and thought-provoking look at the oral histories, personal stories, big moments and small joys of the past and the present, and how our history has shaped the people we have become.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Lambeth Walk 03 January 2022\u003cbr\u003e1984 - Comrade Dad 04 January 2022\u003cbr\u003eChristmas 1945 05 January 2022\u003cbr\u003eMary Whitehouse 06 January 2022\u003cbr\u003ePorton Down 07 January 2022\u003cbr\u003eMatch Point 10 January 2022\u003cbr\u003eKitty Hart-Moxon 11 January 2022\u003cbr\u003eIf People Can't Let Slip... 12 January 2022\u003cbr\u003eTraffic 13 January 2022\u003cbr\u003eEngland v Argentina 1998 14 January 2022\u003cbr\u003eDinner Is Served 21 March 2022\u003cbr\u003eGet Out of My Pub 22 March 2022\u003cbr\u003eTalking Technology 23 March 2022\u003cbr\u003eThe Teen Age 24 March 2022\u003cbr\u003eLouie Hooper sings Lord Rendall 25 March 2022\u003cbr\u003eListen with Mother 28 March 2022\u003cbr\u003eRebuilding Britain 29 March 2022\u003cbr\u003eThe Corncrake and the Croft 30 March 2022\u003cbr\u003eLife on the Canals 31 March 2022\u003cbr\u003eSave our Steelworks 01 April 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduction credits\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Dan Potts, Amelia Parker, Martin Williams, Megan Jones, and Eliane Glaser, for BBC Wales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCover credits\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhotographer: James Gifford-Mead (jamesgiffordmead-photography.co.uk)\u003cbr\u003eImage adapted by Rabia Ali\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49362379899184,"sku":"BDghjf","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/245221-ghjf-Square.jpg?v=1734509134","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ghjf","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}