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Continuing the series of voices from the London streets, in which each programme highlights a particular sector of London life, now and in the 1850s.

In Part 5 we hear about the raucous and bawdy Penny Gaff theatres of the 1850s, and compare this with a present-day London Hen Night, with contributions from male strippers.

The Mayhew extracts are abridged by Penny Gold whose Afternoon Play "A Chaos of Wealth and Want", examines an incident in the life of Mayhew as he was compiling the interviews for his history, is being broadcast on Radio 4 as part of the'London: Another Country' season.

Cast for the week

Henry Mayhew .....Sam Dale
With Jude Akuwudike, Tony Bell, Christine Kavanagh, Alison Pettit, David Seddon, Michael Shelford, Lloyd Thomas
Abridged by Penny Gold
Producers: Jeremy Mortimer and Rebecca Stratford.