Timeshift The Third Programme: High Culture for All in Post-War Britain (Season 5, Episode 13)
TV Episode | 40 min | Documentary

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The Third Programme: High Culture for All in Post-War Britain (Season 5, Episode 13)

TV Episode | 40 min | Documentary

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 ...See moreDocumentary 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. Written by Anonymous See less

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Francine Stock Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Damage (1992)
Asa Briggs Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Lost Worlds (2002)
Nicholas Kenyon Self - Controller, Radio 3, 1992-8 Self - Controller, Radio 3, 1992-8 See fewer	Retour au baroque (1993)
George Steiner Self - Academic and Writer Self - Academic and Writer See fewer	Nauwgezet en wanhopig (1989)
Richard Baker Self - Announcer, Third Programme Self - Announcer, Third Programme See fewer	Saturday Special (1951)
Clement Attlee Self - Prime Minister (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister (archive footage) See fewer	Film Fanfare (1956)
Robert Hewison Self - Cultural Historian Self - Cultural Historian See fewer	Effie Gray (2014)
Allen Lane Self - Founder of Penguin Books (archive footage) Self - Founder of Penguin Books (archive footage) See fewer
Richard Hoggart Self - Cultural Critic Self - Cultural Critic See fewer	England, Our England (1964)
William Haley Self - BBC Director-General, 1944-52 (voice) (archive footage) Self - BBC Director-General, 1944-52 (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Hilsen fra BBC (1951)
Alan Sillitoe Self - Novellist Self - Novellist See fewer	Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Jill Balcon Self - Actress Self - Actress See fewer	An Ideal Husband (I) (1999)
Augustus John Self - Painter (archive footage) Self - Painter (archive footage) See fewer	Face to Face (1959)
Peter Ustinov Self - Actor (archive footage) Self - Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Spartacus (1960)
Ian Jacob Self - BBC Director-General (archive footage) Self - BBC Director-General (archive footage) See fewer
T.S. Eliot Self - Author (voice) (archive footage) Self - Author (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Cats (2019)