Invention of Childhood, The

Last Edited: 29-Jul-2019 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.
Date
 		Title
 		Cast
 		Parameters
25-Sep-2006 to
30-Sep-2006
  1. The Grave and the Cradle
  2. The Skill of the Goldsmith
  3. New Shoes with Red Thongs
  4. Mischief and Misrule
  5. Thousand Histories and Fables
 Michael Morpurgo
Readings by Sarah Kesselman, Anna Maxwell Martin,
Timothy West, Adam Godley, Paisley Reid, Poppy Fryer
Written by Hugh Cunningham and Michael Morpurgo
Produced by Beaty Rubens
 		14:13, 13330, S
14:04, 13198, S
13:40, 12816, S
13:48, 12943, S
13:51, 12999, S

03-Oct-2006 to
07-Oct-2006
  1. Learn to Die
  2. It was a Pretious Child
  3. The Vast Usefulness of Reading
  4. But Can She Spin?
  5. Overburdened with Children
 Michael Morpurgo
Readings by Sarah Kesselman, Anna Maxwell Martin,
Timothy West, Adam Godley, Paisley Reid, Poppy Fryer
Written by Hugh Cunningham and Michael Morpurgo
Produced by Beaty Rubens
 		13:55, 13061, S
13:52, 13008, S
13:40, 12963, S
13:47, 12932, S
13:44, 12880, S

10-Oct-2006 to
14-Oct-2006
  1. Like an Angelic Choir
  2. Mr Locke and Monsieur Rousseau
  3. Dear Papa, Dear Mama
  4. Babies, Dressed or Undressed,
    Jointed, Wax or Common
  5. The Child is Father of the Man
 Michael Morpurgo
Readings by Sarah Kesselman, Anna Maxwell Martin,
Timothy West, Adam Godley, Paisley Reid, Poppy Fryer
Written by Hugh Cunningham and Michael Morpurgo
Produced by Beaty Rubens
 		13:53, 13020, S
13:37, 12778, S
13:58, 13103, S
14:02, 13173, S
13:54, 13046, S

17-Oct-2008 to
21-Oct-2008
  1. How I Wish I Were a Boy
  2. Reinstated Divinity
  3. Father, Is it Time?
  4. I Ain't a Child
  5. The Habit of Schooling
 Michael Morpurgo
Readings by Sarah Kesselman, Anna Maxwell Martin,
Timothy West, Adam Godley, Paisley Reid, Poppy Fryer
Written by Hugh Cunningham and Michael Morpurgo
Produced by Beaty Rubens
 		13:56, 13070, S
13:42, 12847, S
13:43, 12863, S
13:42, 12855, S
13:51, 12989, S

24-Oct-2006 to
28-Oct-2006
  1. What is the Meaning of Empire Day?
  2. The Nation's Most Important Asset
  3. Cutting the Slum Mind off at the
    Root
  4. They'd some Queer Ideas at the
    Clinic
  5. Charlie Chaplin Went to France to
    Teach the Ladies How to Dance
Michael Morpurgo
Readings by Sarah Kesselman, Anna Maxwell Martin,
Timothy West, Adam Godley, Paisley Reid, Poppy Fryer
Written by Hugh Cunningham and Michael Morpurgo
Produced by Beaty Rubens
 		13:56, 13065, S
13:46, 12922, S
13:58, 13096, S
13:47, 12928, S
13:39, 12798, S

31-Oct-2006 to
04-Nov-2006
  1. The Kiddy and the Pork Chop
  2. A Prison or a Garden
  3. The Disappearance of Childhood?
  4. Calling a Hit a Smack
  5. Reinventing Childhood
 Michael Morpurgo
Readings by Sarah Kesselman, Anna Maxwell Martin,
Timothy West, Adam Godley, Paisley Reid, Poppy Fryer
Written by Hugh Cunningham and Michael Morpurgo
Produced by Beaty Rubens
 		13:53, 13018, S
13:47, 12929, S
13:48, 12940, S
13:53, 13025, S
13:54, 13045, S