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Episode 5—Bliss Was It in That Dawn
5/5 Michael Goldfarb recalls the politics of 1960s America.
Episode 4—Bliss Was It in That Dawn
4/5 The books and films that inspired a generation of American rebels of the late 1960s.
Episode 3—Bliss Was It in That Dawn
3/5 Michael Goldfarb recalls growing up in 1950s and 60s America, in an era of full employment
Episode 2—Bliss Was It in That Dawn
2/5 Michael Goldfarb discusses the migration in the 1950s of many Americans to the suburbs.
Episode 1—Bliss Was It in That Dawn
1/5 Michael Goldfarb recalls being a child in 1950s New York.
Middletown—About Average
5/5 Ian Sansom on the most 'average' place in the UK and what is 'Middle England'.
Mr Average—About Average
4/5 Novelist and critic Ian Sansom goes in search of the 'average' man or woman.
Working 9 to 5—About Average
3/5 The changing concept of the average working week in an age of zero hours contracts.
Small, Medium and Large—About Average
2/5 Ian Sansom discusses the scientific measurement of the average man and woman's dimensions.
On the Average—About Average
1/5 Novelist and critic Ian Sansom focuses on why 'average' has become a byword for mediocrity
