The Invention of Childhood is a History Documentary programme.

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The Invention of Childhood: The Skill of the Goldsmith

Series 1, episode 2

Michael Morpurgo presents a 30-part narrative history series exploring a thousand years of British childhood. Did our medieval ancestors recognise a separate phase called childhood or did they simply sees children as little adults? Read by Timothy West and Adam Godley.