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The Greatest Showman (P.T. Barnum)
Sara Pascoe, John Tothill and Gbemi Oladipo examine the life of The Greatest Showman.
Roll up, roll up... plenty to see here. P.T. Barnum was, in so many ways, The Greatest Showman. But his success as a circus pioneer came at a great ghastly cost to many. Sara Pascoe, John Tothill and Gbemi Oladipo weigh up those costs to decide whether Barnum was evil or genius.
Additional material: Eve Delaney and Christina Riggs
Researcher: Miriam O’Byrne
Sound Editor: Kate Mac
Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy
Executive Producer: Paul Smith
The producer was Sasha Bobak. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Sounds.
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