When and why did Soho become a hedonistic hotspot, the home of sex, drugs and music?
Join host of Betwixt the Sheets Kate Lister and History Hit’s Dan Snow to talk about post-WW1 London – when a dark underworld of shady characters are soundtracked by an exploding jazz scene, fuelled by a roaring drugs trade.
At the heart of it are the so-called ‘dope girls’. Women who fascinated and appalled society in equal measure.
How did a post war mindset influence the 1920s? How did the press react to all the scandal? And, who were some of the major players involved?
Historic Soho has been brought to life in the new BBC show Dope Girls, which tells the story of Soho when female gangs ran the nightclubs after the First World War. You can watch now on @BBCiplayer in the UK, @stanaustralia in Australia and on @ctv in Canada.
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00:00 Introduction
00:24 Sex in Post-war Soho
06:49 Soho “Fun” through the ages
11:27 Drugs in 1920s Soho
14:51 Famous Bars and Clubs
16:53 The Real Life Dope Girls
19:15 The Case of Billie Carleton
21:45 Brilliant Chang and the Drug Trade
24:00 What did the Government do?
25:35 Soho Now?
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