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Was being a 1950's housewife actually any fun?
Katherine Parkinson stars in a new play ‘Home, I’m Darling’ at The National Theatre about a modern day couple living in the1950’s, she joins journalist and comedian Viv Groskop and social historian Juliet Gardiner to discuss the myths and truths of that era.
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