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Brisk Buying and Selling

A new era of affluence in the 1950s is fuelled by a boom in advertising and the arrival of commercial TV. Read by Dominic West.

Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people.

A new era of affluence is fuelled by a boom in advertising and the arrival of commercial television.

Abridged by Jane Greenwood.

A Loftus Audio production for 麻豆社 Radio 4.

15 minutes

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  • Thu 26 Nov 2009 09:45
  • Fri 27 Nov 2009 00:30
  • Wed 3 Jul 2013 14:15

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