BBC Radio 3

Ken Loach returns to Blackpool to recollect the summer seasons of his boyhood, just after the war. Focusing on the comedy acts and the working class town he remembers, he paints a picture of the twentieth century and a year that shaped the 10-year-old Ken more than any other.

"This is quite a coup for Radio 3 and Between the Ears" The Telegraph

"It's frank,funny and edited with creative flair" Radio Times

"Tender and fond" The Guardian

"Like being allowed to rifle unhindered through someone's memory" New Statesman

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