Let Me Entertain You

John Sessions charts the history of popular entertainment in Britain, from medieval minstrels to Victorian freakshows

Let Me Entertain You - Episode 1

John Sessions charts the history of popular entertainment in Britain. He looks at our medieval ancestors and unpicks some myths about wandering minstrels and motley fools.

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Let Me Entertain You - Episode 2

John Sessions charts the history of popular entertainment in Britain. He looks at Elizabethan London, from Bankside theatre to ringside gambling, from merry jigs to bear-baiting.

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Let Me Entertain You - Episode 3

John Sessions charts the history of popular entertainment in Britain. The Restoration period from 1660 onwards, and the rise of the sporting hero figure.

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Let Me Entertain You - Episode 4

John Sessions charts the history of popular entertainment in Britain. How the masses were kept amused in Victorian Britain by Dickens, circus attractions and the music halls.

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