Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Ancients | 20160104 | 20210724 (R4) | The mark of a civilised country is to know what it is to be civil. But what if you don't know? Across the ages, social commentators have written guide books to tell the uninitiated how to do the right thing at the right time in the right way. And it's not just snobs that have published guides - the great Renaissance theologian Erasmus took time out from arguing with Luther to instruct children how to behave in company. Nor is it yet another invention of Victorian England. Five thousand years ago, Ptah-Hotep set down on papyrus the rules of behaviour that all wise men should convey to their sons. Episode 1: The Ancients A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4 An examination of the way manners, mores and etiquette have evolved over the centuries. An examination of the way manners and etiquette have evolved over the centuries The mark of a civilised country is to know what it is to be civil. But what if you don't know? Across the ages, social commentators have written guide books to tell the uninitiated how to do the right thing at the right time in the right way. And it's not just snobs that have published guides - the great Renaissance theologian Erasmus took time out from arguing with Luther to instruct children how to behave in company. Nor is it yet another invention of Victorian England. Five thousand years ago, Ptah-Hotep set down on papyrus the rules of behaviour that all wise men should convey to their sons. Episode 1: The Ancients A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4 An examination of the way manners, mores and etiquette have evolved over the centuries. An examination of the way manners and etiquette have evolved over the centuries |
| 02 | 20160105 | 20210807 (R4) | The mark of a civilised country is to know what it is to be civil. But what if you don't know? Across the ages, social commentators have written guide books to tell the uninitiated how to do the right thing at the right time in the right way. And it's not just snobs that have published guides - the great Renaissance theologian Erasmus took time out from arguing with Luther to instruct children how to behave in company. Nor is it yet another invention of Victorian England. Five thousand years ago, Ptah-Hotep set down on papyrus the rules of behaviour that all wise men should convey to their sons. Episode 2: The Elizabethans A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4 An examination of the way manners, mores and etiquette have evolved over the centuries. An examination of the way manners and etiquette have evolved over the centuries The mark of a civilised country is to know what it is to be civil. But what if you don't know? Across the ages, social commentators have written guide books to tell the uninitiated how to do the right thing at the right time in the right way. And it's not just snobs that have published guides - the great Renaissance theologian Erasmus took time out from arguing with Luther to instruct children how to behave in company. Nor is it yet another invention of Victorian England. Five thousand years ago, Ptah-Hotep set down on papyrus the rules of behaviour that all wise men should convey to their sons. Episode 2: The Elizabethans A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4 An examination of the way manners, mores and etiquette have evolved over the centuries. An examination of the way manners and etiquette have evolved over the centuries | |
| 03 | 20160106 | 20210818 (R4) 20210814 (R4) | The mark of a civilised country is to know what it is to be civil. But what if you don't know? Across the ages, social commentators have written guide books to tell the uninitiated how to do the right thing at the right time in the right way. And it's not just snobs that have published guides - the great Renaissance theologian Erasmus took time out from arguing with Luther to instruct children how to behave in company. Nor is it yet another invention of Victorian England. Five thousand years ago, Ptah-Hotep set down on papyrus the rules of behaviour that all wise men should convey to their sons. Episode 3: The Middling Classes A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4 An examination of the way manners, mores and etiquette have evolved over the centuries. An examination of the way manners and etiquette have evolved over the centuries The mark of a civilised country is to know what it is to be civil. But what if you don't know? Across the ages, social commentators have written guide books to tell the uninitiated how to do the right thing at the right time in the right way. And it's not just snobs that have published guides - the great Renaissance theologian Erasmus took time out from arguing with Luther to instruct children how to behave in company. Nor is it yet another invention of Victorian England. Five thousand years ago, Ptah-Hotep set down on papyrus the rules of behaviour that all wise men should convey to their sons. Episode 3: The Middling Classes A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4 An examination of the way manners, mores and etiquette have evolved over the centuries. An examination of the way manners and etiquette have evolved over the centuries The mark of a civilised country is to know what it is to be civil. But what if you don't know? Across the ages, social commentators have written guide books to tell the uninitiated how to do the right thing at the right time in the right way. And it's not just snobs that have published guides - the great Renaissance theologian Erasmus took time out from arguing with Luther to instruct children how to behave in company. Nor is it yet another invention of Victorian England. Five thousand years ago, Ptah-Hotep set down on papyrus the rules of behaviour that all wise men should convey to their sons. Episode 3: The Middling Classes A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4 An examination of the way manners, mores and etiquette have evolved over the centuries. An examination of the way manners and etiquette have evolved over the centuries | |
| 04 | 20160107 | 20210821 (R4) | The mark of a civilised country is to know what it is to be civil. But what if you don't know? Across the ages, social commentators have written guide books to tell the uninitiated how to do the right thing at the right time in the right way. And it's not just snobs that have published guides - the great Renaissance theologian Erasmus took time out from arguing with Luther to instruct children how to behave in company. Nor is it yet another invention of Victorian England. Five thousand years ago, Ptah-Hotep set down on papyrus the rules of behaviour that all wise men should convey to their sons. Episode 4: The Americans A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4 An examination of the way manners, mores and etiquette have evolved over the centuries. An examination of the way manners and etiquette have evolved over the centuries The mark of a civilised country is to know what it is to be civil. But what if you don't know? Across the ages, social commentators have written guide books to tell the uninitiated how to do the right thing at the right time in the right way. And it's not just snobs that have published guides - the great Renaissance theologian Erasmus took time out from arguing with Luther to instruct children how to behave in company. Nor is it yet another invention of Victorian England. Five thousand years ago, Ptah-Hotep set down on papyrus the rules of behaviour that all wise men should convey to their sons. Episode 4: The Americans A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4 An examination of the way manners, mores and etiquette have evolved over the centuries. An examination of the way manners and etiquette have evolved over the centuries | |
| 05 | 20160108 | 20210828 (R4) | The mark of a civilised country is to know what it is to be civil. But what if you don't know? Across the ages, social commentators have written guide books to tell the uninitiated how to do the right thing at the right time in the right way. And it's not just snobs that have published guides - the great Renaissance theologian Erasmus took time out from arguing with Luther to instruct children how to behave in company. Nor is it yet another invention of Victorian England. Five thousand years ago, Ptah-Hotep set down on papyrus the rules of behaviour that all wise men should convey to their sons. Episode 5: Modern Manners A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4 An examination of the way manners, mores and etiquette have evolved over the centuries. An examination of the way manners and etiquette have evolved over the centuries The mark of a civilised country is to know what it is to be civil. But what if you don't know? Across the ages, social commentators have written guide books to tell the uninitiated how to do the right thing at the right time in the right way. And it's not just snobs that have published guides - the great Renaissance theologian Erasmus took time out from arguing with Luther to instruct children how to behave in company. Nor is it yet another invention of Victorian England. Five thousand years ago, Ptah-Hotep set down on papyrus the rules of behaviour that all wise men should convey to their sons. Episode 5: Modern Manners A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4 An examination of the way manners, mores and etiquette have evolved over the centuries. An examination of the way manners and etiquette have evolved over the centuries |