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| King James 1: Drunkenness “is not one sin, but all sins”, said a preacher in 1624. Mark Whitaker begins his history series on the politics of alcohol with King James I’s campaign against it. |  |
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presenter: Mark Whitaker |
producer: Mark Whitaker | ||
| The Gin Act, 1736 Continuing his narrative history series Mark Whitaker explores the eighteenth century Gin Craze, the response to it of Defoe and Fielding, and what the authorities did. | ||||
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presenter: Mark Whitaker |
producer: Mark Whitaker | ||
| The Beer Act, 1830 Continuing his series on the politics of alcohol, Mark Whitaker explains why in 1830 the British government thought easier access to beer would solve the problem of drunkenness. | ||||
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presenter: Mark Whitaker |
producer: Mark Whitaker | ||
| The 1872 Licensing Act and the Challenge of Temperance At the General Election of 1872 one of the most divisive issues between the parties was drink. Mark Whitaker shows how the temperance movement had got a grip on political life. | ||||
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presenter: Mark Whitaker |
producer: Mark Whitaker | ||
| Political Thinkers and the Drink Question Continuing his history series on the politics of alcohol Mark Whitaker shows how for John Stuart Mill and T.H. Green the ‘Drink Question’ raised the central dilemmas of liberalism. | ||||
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presenter: Mark Whitaker |
producer: Mark Whitaker | ||
| ‘Habitual Drunkards’ and the Asylum: As part of his history series on the politics of alcohol Mark Whitaker looks at the late C19th panic over ‘habitual drunkards’, when special asylums were built for them. | ||||
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presenter: Mark Whitaker |
producer: Mark Whitaker | ||
| The Central Control Board: Continuing his series on the politics of the ‘Drink Question’ Mark Whitaker looks at the Central Control Board, set up in 1915 to run some of the liquor trade for the state. | ||||
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presenter: Mark Whitaker |
producer: Mark Whitaker | ||
| The Improved Pub: Mark Whitaker’s series on the politics of alcohol reaches the 1920s. With consumption falling, and nationalisation threatened, the industry invested heavily in ‘improved pubs’. | ||||
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presenter: Mark Whitaker |
producer: Mark Whitaker | ||
| The Doctors Take Over: Continuing his series on the politics of alcohol in Britain Mark Whitaker looks at how and why the NHS, in the 1960s, embarked on the hospital treatment of alcoholics. | ||||
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presenter: Mark Whitaker |
producer: Mark Whitaker | ||
| The ‘Drink Question’; Past and Present To round off his history series on the politics of alcohol Mark Whitaker talks to Britain’s leading historians on the subject, asking them how the past can inform present policy. | ||||
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144: William Quilliam |
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145: The War is Not Over |
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146: The New MBAs (1) |
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147: The New MBAs (2) |
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148: A Brave Medical Life |
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