Overview

Author, historian and presenter Dominic Sandbrook explores the origin of the Post Office in this fifteen-part BBC Radio 4 series - how it became a cherished national institution, and how it adapted to globalisation and commercialisation. 

This set of 3 Audio CDs includes episode such as 'The London Penny Post', 'A Culture of Letters', 'The Telegraph', 'The Last Post', 'The Postal Worker's Strike' and many more.

The total running time is 3 hrs 25 min approx.

Find out more about the stories behind the 'The People's Post' series in our online exhibition.