The Invention of Childhood is a History Documentary programme.

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The Invention of Childhood: Mischief and Misrule

Series 1, episode 4

Michael Morpurgo presents a 30-part narrative history series exploring a thousand years of British childhood. Did medieval children play like children today, and were they ever permitted to get totally out of control? Michael learns about early football and about Festivals of Misrule. Read by Timothy West, Adam Godley and Sara Kestelman.