The Long March of Everyman was a 26 part programme broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in 1970. It reflected the continuing struggles of ordinary people over the centuries. Charles Parker who had produced the Radio Ballads was a strong influence. The series was produced by Michael Mason.
Its a reflection that the struggles of working people for a better life and world go on in good times and bad times
The series was created and produced by Michael Mason.
The central consultants for the series were Professors Asa Briggs and Gwyn A. Williams. The literary consultants were Raymond Williams, University Reader in Drama in the University of Cambridge, and Michael Alexander, Lecturer in English at the University of Stirling. The ecological commentary throughout was given by Jaquetta’Hawkes and the demographic commentary by Michael Drake, Dean and Director of Studies in the Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University.
A book was published which attempted “to translate into book form the second half of the series, covering the period from about 1750 down to the present day” with the title The Long March of Everyman edited by Theo Barker (Purnell Book Services, 1974). It contains twelve chapters which including contributions from John F. C. Harrison, The Iron Machine, Gwyn A. Williams, True-Born Britons, George Rudé, The Two Nations: Industrialization and its Discontents, V.G. Kiernan, High Imperial Noon, Stuart Hall, Between Two Worlds etc. Alas those were the days – when ´people`s history` was given airtime on BBC Radio 4 and radical historians were given the opportunity to express their knowledge and insights into the British ´voice of Everyman` over 200 years.