The Invention of Childhood is a History Documentary programme.

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The Invention of Childhood: New Shoes with Red Thongs

Series 1, episode 3

Michael Morpurgo presents a 30-part narrative history series exploring a thousand years of British childhood. What did real medieval children get up to when left to their own devices? Read by Timothy West and Sara Kestelman.