The Invention of Childhood

A genuinely groundbreaking history of British childhood from the year 1000 to the present, exploring, through an unusually wide and colorful range of primary sources, how the idea of childhood has been constantly reinvented down the centuries, and why the role of children in society continues to obsess us today. The program is presented by Michael Morpurgo, Britain’s Children’s Laureate from 2003-2005.