Main content
This programme is not currently available on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer

The Third Programme: High Culture for All

Francine Stock narrates a documentary chronicling the story of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Third Programme. Introduced in 1946, the station was unlike anything else on the airwaves.

Francine Stock narrates a documentary chronicling the story of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Third Programme. Introduced in 1946, the station was unlike anything else on the airwaves. Broadcasting only the very best of high culture, the Third Programme captured a new ideal - that elite culture was good for the whole nation. Surprisingly, it was a vision shared by both left and right.

1 hour

Last on

Fri 15 Aug 2008 01:35

Broadcast