TV Watch: Ian Hislop’s Olden Days

[callmemadam]

Yesterday evening I watched the third programme in the series Ian Hislop’s Olden Days.. His theme was that the more industrialised Britain became, the more people looked back nostalgically to a largely imagined and romanticised rural past. This is a subject often dealt with before, notably by Roy Strong (link to my review). I’m writing about the

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[dorianegray]

Sounds fascinating! I will have to hope someone pirates it onto YouTube, since I can't access iPlayer.

[callmemadam]

It was good. I didn't realise Ireland was excluded from iPlayer use.

[dorianegray]

As I understand it, if you don't pay a UK TV licence, you don't get access to BBC programmes online.

[gwendraith]

I thought about watching that and didn't and rather wish I had now. I should be able to catch it on iplayer, as you mentioned.

[callmemadam]

There was an awful lot in it: even The Archers!