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Working-class actors, Class and classical music

Sociological discussion programme. Laurie Taylor asks if working-class actors are an increasingly rare breed. Also, class and classical music.

Working class actors: Laurie Taylor asks if acting is becoming an increasingly exclusive and elite profession. He talks to the actor Julie Hesmondhalgh and to Dave O'Brien, Chancellor's Fellow, Cultural and Creative Industries at the University of Edinburgh, and author of a new study which suggests that working class actors face increasing economic, as well as cultural obstacles, comparable to skydiving without a parachute. Also, class and classical music. Anna Bull, lecturer in the School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies at the University of Portsmouth, considers why this musical genre is seen as such a middle class preserve.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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New Year's Day 2018 00:15

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  • Wed 27 Dec 2017 16:00
  • New Year's Day 2018 00:15

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