Like Blackpool Went Through Rock: The Story of the Radio Ballads

Fifty years ago, folksingers Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger collaborated with BBC Radio producer Charles Parker to create an amazing body of work - the Radio Ballads.

These eight hour-long tapestries of voices, field recordings, and musical narratives pioneered a new approach to radio storytelling. In this session from the 2008 Third Coast Conference, Sara Parker, daughter of Charles Parker, shares the story of the Radio Ballads, including excerpts from the programs and new material uncovered from the Charles Parker Archive in Birmingham, UK.