The Great Indoors
Thinking Allowed
BBC
4.4 • 997 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2014
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The Great Indoors. Laurie Taylor talks to cultural theorist Ben Highmore about his history of the family home in the 20th century and how houses display currents of class, identity and social transformation.
Also, the evolution of the bathroom. Architectural historian Barbara Penner looks at that most intimate space in the home, and considers how it became an international symbol of key modern values, such as cleanliness, order and progress.
Producer: Torquil MacLeod.
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| 0:00.0 | Take some time for yourself with soothing classical music from the mindful mix, |
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| 0:08.0 | For the last 20 years I've dedicated my career to exploring the science of living a happier more meaningful life and I want |
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| 0:19.4 | I want to help you tap in to your hidden relaxation response system and open the door to that |
| 0:25.4 | calmer place within. Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:30.0 | Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless |
| 0:38.3 | search and it's a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the telly we share what we've been watching |
| 0:45.4 | Clairey ate it. Loads of games, loads of fun, loads of screaming. Lovely. |
| 0:50.8 | Off the telly with me Joanna Paige and me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little |
| 0:56.2 | less searching and a lot more watching. |
| 0:58.7 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 1:00.6 | Choosing what to watch. |
| 1:04.0 | Night after night. |
| 1:06.0 | The flicking through. |
| 1:07.0 | The endless searching is a nightmare. |
| 1:10.0 | We want to help you. |
| 1:11.0 | On our brand new podcast off the telly we share what we've been watching. |
| 1:15.2 | Cladiated! Loads of games, loads of fun, loads of screaming. Lovely. |
| 1:20.4 | Off the telly with me Joanna Paige and me Natalie Cassidy so your evenings can be a little less |
| 1:26.2 | searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds this is a thinking aloud podcast from the BBC and for more details in our terms of use and much, much more about thinking aloud, go to our website at BBC.co. UK. |
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