18c Londoners celebrated themselves through satirical engravings [12min @19:52]

Award-winning journalist Andrew Marr starts the week by discussing 18th-century Londoners' sense of London itself with Vic Gatrell, Professor of British History at the University of Essex. Gatrell has written a book that gives us an insightful look into London of the late 18th, early 19th century. Looking at satirical prints from this period, joyfully unearthed from the British Museum's archive, we find that behind the wigs and satin fans lies a world of ribaldry, outrageous behaviour and exuberant scatology. City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century London is published by Atlantic Books. Joining the discussion are historian Vic Gatrell, scientist Robert Winston and novelist Lorraine Adams.