The Third Programme: High Culture for All in Post-War Britain
- Episode aired Oct 25, 2005
- 40m
Documentary about the birth of the BBC's Third Programme (which later became Radio 3). From 1946, the Third Programme embodied the post-war ideal that High Culture could be brought to everyo... Read allDocumentary about the birth of the BBC's Third Programme (which later became Radio 3). From 1946, the Third Programme embodied the post-war ideal that High Culture could be brought to everyone -- a vision shared, briefly, by both Left and Right in post-war British politics.Documentary about the birth of the BBC's Third Programme (which later became Radio 3). From 1946, the Third Programme embodied the post-war ideal that High Culture could be brought to everyone -- a vision shared, briefly, by both Left and Right in post-war British politics.