The House I Grew Up In

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The House I Grew Up In
GenreFactual
Running time28 minutes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s) English
Home station BBC Radio 4
Hosted by Wendy Robbins
Produced byRosamund Jones
Original release6 August 2007 –
25 August 2011
No. of series5
No. of episodes25
Website The House I Grew up In
Podcast The House I Grew up In

The House I Grew Up In is a BBC Radio series. The first episode of the first series was broadcast on 6 August 2007 on BBC Radio 4. With the presenter Wendy Robbins, each week an influential Briton explains some of their thoughts and memories as he or she goes back to the locality and the house (or houses) in which he or she was brought up. In July 2011, BBC Radio 4 began publishing a podcast featuring highlights of previous programmes, as well as the 2011 series.

Contents

Episodes

Series 1 (2007)

Four episodes: [1]

  1. Peter Hennessy, 6 August [2]
  2. Jacqueline Gold, 13 August [3]
  3. Ian Paisley Jr, 20 August [4]
  4. Jackie Kay, 27 August [5]

Series 2 (2008)

Six episodes: [6]

  1. Sir Tom Farmer, 6 August [7]
  2. Professor Mona Siddiqui, 13 August [8]
  3. David Blunkett, 20 August [9]
  4. Joanna Briscoe, 27 August [10]
  5. Shaun Bailey, 3 September [11]
  6. Baroness Warnock, 17 September [12]

Series 3 (2009)

Five episodes: [13]

  1. Baroness Campbell, 1 September [14]
  2. Professor Steve Jones, 8 September [15]
  3. Erin Pizzey, 15 September [16]
  4. Kwame Kwei-Armah, 22 September [17]
  5. Jonathan Aitken, 29 September [18]

Series 4 (2010)

Six episodes: [19]

  1. Peter Hitchens, 19 July [20]
  2. Colin Blakemore, 26 July [21]
  3. Julia Hobsbawm, 2 August [22]
  4. Kay Mellor, 9 August [23]
  5. Sir William Atkinson, 16 August [24]
  6. Emma Harrison, 23 August [25]

Series 5 (2011)

Four episodes: [26]

  1. Shirley Williams, 4 August [27]
  2. Terry Waite, 11 August [28]
  3. Jasvinder Sanghera, 18 August [29]
  4. Toby Young, 25 August [30]

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References

  1. ↑ "Episodes from The House I Grew up In: Series 3 broadcast in 2007". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Peter Hennessy". BBC Radio 4. 6 August 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
  3. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Jacqueline Gold". BBC Radio 4. 13 August 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
  4. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Ian Paisley, Jr". BBC Radio 4. 20 August 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2007.
  5. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Jackie Kay". BBC Radio 4. 27 August 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  6. ↑ "Episodes from The House I Grew up In: Series 3 broadcast in 2008". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  7. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Sir Tom Farmer". BBC Radio 4. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  8. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Mona Siddiqui". BBC Radio 4. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  9. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring David Blunkett". BBC Radio 4. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
  10. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Joanna Briscoe". BBC Radio 4. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
  11. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Shaun Bailey". BBC Radio 4. 3 September 2008. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  12. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Mary Warnock". BBC Radio 4. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
  13. ↑ "Episodes from The House I Grew up In: Series 3 broadcast in 2009". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  14. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Baroness Campbell". BBC Radio 4. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  15. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Steve Jones". BBC Radio 4. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  16. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Erin Pizzey". BBC Radio 4. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  17. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Kwame Kwei-Armah". BBC Radio 4. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  18. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Jonathan Aitken". BBC Radio 4. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  19. ↑ "Episodes from The House I Grew up In: Series 4 broadcast in 2010". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
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  21. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Colin Blakemore". BBC Radio 4. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  22. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Julia Hobsbawm". BBC Radio 4. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  23. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Kay Mellor". BBC Radio 4. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  24. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Sir William Atkinson". BBC Radio 4. 16 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  25. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Emma Harrison". BBC Radio 4. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  26. ↑ "Episodes from The House I Grew up In: Series 5 broadcast in 2011". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  27. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Shirley Williams". BBC Radio 4. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  28. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Terry Waite". BBC Radio 4. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  29. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Jasvinder Sanghera". BBC Radio 4. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  30. ↑ "The House I Grew up In, featuring Toby Young". BBC Radio 4. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
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