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The House I Grew Up In

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The House I Grew Up In
GenreFactual
Running time28 minutes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s)English
Home stationBBC Radio 4
Hosted byWendy Robbins
Produced byRosamund Jones
Original release6 August 2007 – 25 August 2011
No. of series5
No. of episodes25
WebsiteThe House I Grew up In
PodcastThe House I Grew up In

The House I Grew Up In is a BBC Radio series. The first episode of the first series was broadcast on 6 August 2007 on BBC Radio 4. With the presenter Wendy Robbins, each week an influential Briton explains some of their thoughts and memories as he or she goes back to the locality and the house (or houses) in which he or she was brought up. In July 2011, BBC Radio 4 began publishing a podcast featuring highlights of previous programmes, as well as the 2011 series.

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BBC Radio

BBC Radio

BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The service provides national radio stations covering the majority of musical genres, as well as local radio stations covering local news, affairs and interests. It also oversees online audio content.

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. The station controller is Mohit Bakaya.

Wendy Robbins

Wendy Robbins

Wendy Robbins is a British radio and television presenter and producer. She presents The House I Grew Up In broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and reports for The One Show on BBC1.

British people

British people

British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies. British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acquired, for instance, by descent from British nationals. When used in a historical context, "British" or "Britons" can refer to the Ancient Britons, the indigenous inhabitants of Great Britain and Brittany, whose surviving members are the modern Welsh people, Cornish people, and Bretons. It also refers to citizens of the former British Empire, who settled in the country prior to 1973, and hold neither UK citizenship nor nationality.

Episodes

Series 1 (2007)

Four episodes:[1]

  1. Peter Hennessy, 6 August[2]
  2. Jacqueline Gold, 13 August[3]
  3. Ian Paisley, Jr, 20 August[4]
  4. Jackie Kay, 27 August[5]

Series 2 (2008)

Six episodes:[6]

  1. Sir Tom Farmer, 6 August[7]
  2. Professor Mona Siddiqui, 13 August[8]
  3. David Blunkett, 20 August[9]
  4. Joanna Briscoe, 27 August[10]
  5. Shaun Bailey, 3 September[11]
  6. Baroness Warnock, 17 September[12]

Series 3 (2009)

Five episodes:[13]

  1. Baroness Campbell, 1 September[14]
  2. Professor Steve Jones, 8 September[15]
  3. Erin Pizzey, 15 September[16]
  4. Kwame Kwei-Armah, 22 September[17]
  5. Jonathan Aitken, 29 September[18]

Series 4 (2010)

Six episodes:[19]

  1. Peter Hitchens, 19 July[20]
  2. Colin Blakemore, 26 July[21]
  3. Julia Hobsbawm, 2 August[22]
  4. Kay Mellor, 9 August[23]
  5. Sir William Atkinson, 16 August[24]
  6. Emma Harrison, 23 August[25]

Series 5 (2011)

Four episodes:[26]

  1. Shirley Williams, 4 August[27]
  2. Terry Waite, 11 August[28]
  3. Jasvinder Sanghera, 18 August[29]
  4. Toby Young, 25 August[30]

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Jackie Kay

Jackie Kay

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David Blunkett

David Blunkett

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Joanna Briscoe

Joanna Briscoe

Joanna Briscoe is an English writer who has written four novels and several short stories and has worked as a freelance journalist. Her first novel, Mothers and Other Lovers, won a Betty Trask Award in 1993, and her third, Sleep with Me (2005), was adapted for television.

Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock

Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock

Helen Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, was an English philosopher of morality, education, and mind, and a writer on existentialism. She is best known for chairing an inquiry whose report formed the basis of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. She served as Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1984 to 1991.

Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton

Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton

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Erin Pizzey

Erin Pizzey

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Kwame Kwei-Armah

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Jonathan Aitken

Jonathan Aitken

Jonathan William Patrick Aitken is a British author, Church of England priest, convicted criminal and former Conservative Party politician. Beginning his career in journalism, he was elected to Parliament in 1974, and was a member of the cabinet during John Major's premiership from 1992 to 1995. That same year, he was accused by The Guardian of misdeeds conducted under his official government capacity. He sued the newspaper for libel in response, but the case collapsed, and he was subsequently found to have committed perjury during his trial. In 1999, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison, of which he served seven months.

Colin Blakemore

Colin Blakemore

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Julia Hobsbawm

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Kay Mellor

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Source: "The House I Grew Up In", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, January 6th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_I_Grew_Up_In.

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References
  1. ^ "Episodes from The House I Grew up In: Series 3 broadcast in 2007". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  2. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Peter Hennessy". BBC Radio 4. 6 August 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
  3. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Jacqueline Gold". BBC Radio 4. 13 August 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
  4. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Ian Paisley, Jr". BBC Radio 4. 20 August 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2007.
  5. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Jackie Kay". BBC Radio 4. 27 August 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  6. ^ "Episodes from The House I Grew up In: Series 3 broadcast in 2008". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  7. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Sir Tom Farmer". BBC Radio 4. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  8. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Mona Siddiqui". BBC Radio 4. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  9. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring David Blunkett". BBC Radio 4. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
  10. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Joanna Briscoe". BBC Radio 4. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
  11. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Shaun Bailey". BBC Radio 4. 3 September 2008. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  12. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Mary Warnock". BBC Radio 4. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
  13. ^ "Episodes from The House I Grew up In: Series 3 broadcast in 2009". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  14. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Baroness Campbell". BBC Radio 4. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  15. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Steve Jones". BBC Radio 4. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  16. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Erin Pizzey". BBC Radio 4. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  17. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Kwame Kwei-Armah". BBC Radio 4. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  18. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Jonathan Aitken". BBC Radio 4. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  19. ^ "Episodes from The House I Grew up In: Series 4 broadcast in 2010". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  20. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Peter Hitchens". BBC Radio 4. 19 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  21. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Colin Blakemore". BBC Radio 4. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  22. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Julia Hobsbawm". BBC Radio 4. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  23. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Kay Mellor". BBC Radio 4. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  24. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Sir William Atkinson". BBC Radio 4. 16 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  25. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Emma Harrison". BBC Radio 4. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  26. ^ "Episodes from The House I Grew up In: Series 5 broadcast in 2011". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  27. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Shirley Williams". BBC Radio 4. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  28. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Terry Waite". BBC Radio 4. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  29. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Jasvinder Sanghera". BBC Radio 4. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  30. ^ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Toby Young". BBC Radio 4. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
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