1922 - Leisure And Entertainment

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Food

20220803

20221220 (R3)

John Gallagher explores eating fads in the 1920s with Annie Gray and Elsa Richardson.

Hobbies And Sport

20220812

20221222 (R3)

A new craze for body building and that distinctive figure of the 20th century, the hobbyist, are the topic of conversation as we continue our series of features looking at cultural life in 1922. John Gallagher considers what the expansion of free time in the 1920s meant for leisure and the things people did for fun. He is joined by historian Elsa Richardson and literary scholar Jon Day.

Producer: Luke Mulhall

From surfing to pigeon fancying.

Reader's Digest

20220720

20221219 (R3)

How reading habits changed as a growing middle class sought topics of conversation. Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough finds out about the history of the Reader's Digest, talking to Professor Sarah Churchwell and Dr Victoria Bazin. The first of five short features exploring cultural life in England and America in 1922 - the year the BBC was founded.

Producer: Torquil MacLeod

The 'aggregator' of trending stories of its day - how a magazine revolutionised reading.

The Hollywood Bowl

20220906

20221221 (R3)

Created in a natural landscape feature, a concave hillside, the Hollywood Bowl had already hosted religious services before its stage arrived. In 1922 the Los Angeles Philharmonic played its first season of open air concerts, inaugurating a music venue. Lisa Mullen hears how the amphitheatre has hosted some of the greats of classical and popular music from Felix and Leonard Slatkin to Ella Fitzgerald, The Beatles and James Taylor. Michael Goldfarb and Mark Glancy discuss the emergence of a cultural landmark.

Producer: Ruth Watts

From a season of starlit concerts in 1922 to the USA's principal outdoor concert venue.

Wimbledon

20220726

20221223 (R3)

The tennis stars and styles of 1922 are our focus as New Generation Thinker Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough finds out about the All England Club's move to a new home talking to David Berry, author of A People's History of Tennis, and Matt Harvey who was poet in residence at Wimbledon in 2010.

Producer: Torquil MacLeod

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough finds out about the All England Club's move to a new home.

Episodes

Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
Food	20220803	20221220 (R3)	John Gallagher explores eating fads in the 1920s with Annie Gray and Elsa Richardson.
Hobbies And Sport	20220812	20221222 (R3)	A new craze for body building and that distinctive figure of the 20th century, the hobbyist, are the topic of conversation as we continue our series of features looking at cultural life in 1922. John Gallagher considers what the expansion of free time in the 1920s meant for leisure and the things people did for fun. He is joined by historian Elsa Richardson and literary scholar Jon Day. Producer: Luke Mulhall From surfing to pigeon fancying.
Reader's Digest	20220720	20221219 (R3)	How reading habits changed as a growing middle class sought topics of conversation. Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough finds out about the history of the Reader's Digest, talking to Professor Sarah Churchwell and Dr Victoria Bazin. The first of five short features exploring cultural life in England and America in 1922 - the year the BBC was founded. Producer: Torquil MacLeod The 'aggregator' of trending stories of its day - how a magazine revolutionised reading.
The Hollywood Bowl	20220906	20221221 (R3)	Created in a natural landscape feature, a concave hillside, the Hollywood Bowl had already hosted religious services before its stage arrived. In 1922 the Los Angeles Philharmonic played its first season of open air concerts, inaugurating a music venue. Lisa Mullen hears how the amphitheatre has hosted some of the greats of classical and popular music from Felix and Leonard Slatkin to Ella Fitzgerald, The Beatles and James Taylor. Michael Goldfarb and Mark Glancy discuss the emergence of a cultural landmark. Producer: Ruth Watts From a season of starlit concerts in 1922 to the USA's principal outdoor concert venue.
Wimbledon	20220726	20221223 (R3)	The tennis stars and styles of 1922 are our focus as New Generation Thinker Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough finds out about the All England Club's move to a new home talking to David Berry, author of A People's History of Tennis, and Matt Harvey who was poet in residence at Wimbledon in 2010. Producer: Torquil MacLeod Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough finds out about the All England Club's move to a new home.