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The century when entertainment went from private and personal to communal and global. "Until the 20th Century, most cultures had a tragic sense of life, most thought life was nasty, brutish and short, and it's the 20th Century that's had an optimism about enjoyment and happiness."

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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project