| Description | Programme notes, correspondence, tape transcripts, programme scripts (1 to 26) on themes and variations from the history of people in Britain from Stonehenge to the 1960s, with 'voices of the people'.
Box 1:
General information on the form of the programmes, plans for the series, drafts. 1970 - 1972. 1 file.
Internal/external planning correspondence; recording facilities and plans; newsletters 1 - 5 about the series; scripts and sources for various programmes; Charles Parker's notes. 1970 - 1972. 1 file.
Copies of correspondence and script from Professor Edward Thompson, who withdrew from the series. 1971. 1 file.
Reviews and newscuttings.1972. 1 file.
Box 2:
Details of speakers and cues for programmes 1 - 23. 1971. 1 file.
Lists of shots and cues for programmes 1 - 26. 1 file.
Correspondence with speakers, 1971, and notes for field recording the speakers; notes for recording in various areas; lists of folk clubs. 1971 - 1972. 1 file.
Box 3.
Programme 1: list of quotation sources and contents; field recording notes for 'voices of the people' sequence; draft script. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 2: recording script and script for 'voices of the people' sequences. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 3: pronunciation script and script for 'voices of the people' sequence. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 4: draft script and script for 'voices of the people' sequence; contents table. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 5: draft recording script and contents table . 1971. 1 file.
Programme 6: script for 'voices of the people' sequence; notes; contents table. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 7: script for 'voices of the people' sequence; contents table. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 8: recording script and script for 'voices of the people' sequence; contents table. 1971. 1 file.
Box 4.
Programme 9: script for 'voices of the people' sequence. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 10: draft and script for 'voices of the people' sequence; contents table. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 11: recording script and script for 'voices of the people' sequence; contents table. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 12: script for 'voices of the people' sequence; contents table. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 13: recording script and script for 'voices of the people' sequence x 2. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 14: recording scripts x 2. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 15: script for 'voices of the people' sequence x 3; notes; contents table. 1971. 1 file.
Box 5.
Programme 16: draft recording script and script for 'voices of the people' sequence; notes; contents table. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 17: draft recording script and script for 'voices of the people' sequence; contents table. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 18: recording script and script for 'voices of the people' sequence. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 19: draft recording script. 1971. 1 file.
Programme 20: script for 'voices of the people' sequence x 2; contents table. 1971. 1 file.
Programmes 22-26: draft scripts; contents table for programme 21. 1971. 1 file.
Correspondence with Michael Mason. 1 file.
Tape transcripts from Silkstone etc. 1 file.
Acc. 2021/027 Script |
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