A History of Private Life - Every Man's Home is His Castle

Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never been heard before. Including songs which have been specially recorded for the series. Elaborate rituals of locking up at night protected the house from burglars. Records from Old Bailey trials reveal how widespread burglary was, and how the law enshrined that, 'the Englishman's home is his castle'. Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and Simon Tcherniak. Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen Norris at the keyboard. A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.