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Stephen Fry's Secrets of the Roaring 20s

By: Stephen Fry, John Woolf, Nick Baker
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
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  • Summary

  • Flappers, ‘It’ girls, confidence tricksters, drug dealers, spies, jazz musicians.

    This wide ranging series about the first ever modern decade is full of colourful characters, dark deeds, strange beliefs and crazy predictions.

    Join Stephen Fry as he relishes secrets sexual, political and financial, observes the emergence of the first ever youth cult and reveals the secrets of this roaring decade.

    With: Jordan Barton, Brian Bowles, Clare Corbett, Fenella Fudge, Reginald D Hunter, Monty D’Inverno, Harriet Kershaw, Karen Cass, Eric Meyers, Jerome Scheuren and George Weightman.  
    ©2022 Audible, Ltd (P)2022 Audible, Ltd
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Episodes
  • Ep1: 1920

    Ep1: 1920
    Nov 17 2022

    Three stories set in the very first year of the 1920’s: A single soldier’s corpse is repatriated to Britain to a hero’s welcome; The first ever radio broadcast by a professional performer and the story of a scheming young Lord who is not what he seems.  

    Plus, Stephen compiles an ABC of words invented in this decadent decade.

    Further Reading: Prince of Tricksters: The Incredible True Story of Netley Lucas, Gentleman Crook, by Matt Houlbrook
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    39 mins
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  • Ep 2: Unflappable

    Ep 2: Unflappable
    Nov 17 2022

    The first female youth cult of modern times means a revolution in hair, shockingly short skirts and yes, more dancing.

    But what about the ‘unflappable’ women who became professionals and politicians, thanks to the change in female status brought about during the war? Meet the controversial woman who pioneered female policing, but rather overdid it.

    Further Reading: Mary Sophia Allen: Suffragette to Fascist by Nina Boyd
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    41 mins
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  • Ep 3: Britain Off Its Head

    Ep 3: Britain Off Its Head
    Nov 17 2022

    Despite the government’s efforts to control drinking and drug abuse, narcotics were widely available, and alcohol was widely abused. Women were at the centre of shocking behaviour over both, and predictably the press was suitably scandalised.  

    We introduce the nightclub queen who employed ‘292 women of the unfortunate class’.

    Further Reading: Dope Girls by Marek Kohn
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    35 mins
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Wonderful 🙌🏻

I love this series of podcasts hopefully the secrets of the nineteen thirties will be next Stephen Fry’s narration as usual is flourless and extremely entertaining 💯❤️❤️❤️

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Brilliant audio!

I love how this audio has been presented with guests providing statements. It’s different in a good way.

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Very interesting

Well read by Steven easy to follow and keeps you interested and informative. All 3 in the series are brilliant.

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Wonderful

Very enlightening, I loved the part about artists of the age the most. For me, after this audiobook, 20-s are indeed the trusting, naive 20-s

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Fascinating look at the 1920s

Stephen and the team take an interesting look at 1920s and the stories behind the scenes.

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A Roaring success!

Concise and entertaining in equal measure, as well as presaging many of the problems of our ‘modern’ world!

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Another great series of a misunderstood era

Another wonderful series, though not quite as juicy as previous ones still well worth a listen. its all too easy to stereotype this era and there was a lot more going on than 'roaring '. Really well produced and a thoroughly good listen.

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Fan-bloody-tastic!

I listened to the whole thing in one day. Not as much depth as the previous two series but still very interesting.

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Really interesting

Really interesting and listenable. Decent material delivered with the usual Stephen Fry aplomb! Lorem itsum...

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Another fabulous instalment

Stephen Fry is as entertaining as always. Lots of nice facts about the times and lives of the 20’s.

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