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Me, Myself and I

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   The final programme looks at the way in which postwar culture has seen
   the triumph of an idea that first took hold during the Victorian
   period: the rise of the individual. Industrialisation may have led to a
   growth in collective identity, with the emergence of large, unified
   workforces and powerful unions, but the Victorian period also gave rise
   to the concept of the individual identity and self-determination. This
   was, after all, the era of the novel with its first-person narrator and
   focus on the lives of individual protagonists. It was the age of Samuel
   Smiles and his emphasis on self-help - 'Every human being has a great
   mission to perform, noble faculties to cultivate, a vast destiny to
   accomplish'.

   These seeds were planted in the Victorian era but reached fruition in
   the postwar years. Culture, after all, is egalitarian - talent trumps
   social background or circumstance. For better or worse, postwar culture
   has seen the powerful emergence of the individual, from John Lennon to
   John Self, and from Kate Bush to the seemingly endless stream of TV
   talent show contestants.
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Release date:

   25 November 2015

   59 minutes

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   Thu 20 Oct 2016 00:15
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          Role              Contributor
   Presenter          Dominic Sandbrook
   Writer             Dominic Sandbrook
   Producer           Alexander Leith
   Director           Alexander Leith
   Series Producer    Alexander Leith
   Executive Producer Steve Condie
   Production Company Oxford Scientific Films

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