Abroad in Britain
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Play S1 E1Series in which Jonathan Meades considers unusual homes or architecture around Britain.
Cast: Jonathan Meades
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Miniseries
5 episodes
- 1. Severn HeavenJust north of Bewdley in Worcestershire, beside the Severn Valley Railway, is the largest surviving interwars 'plotland' settlement in Britain. This is a village of dwellings built by their owners from improvised materials: old railway carriages, chicken coops, the fuselages of gliders etc. Decried as an instant slum and opposed by planning authorities it is today regarded as a valuable manifestation of working class history.UCCOct 29, 1990
- 2. Right is WrongMeades investigates a new age community beside a Scottish air base, a furniture factory in a Dorset wood, and an experimental school in East Grinstead, all of which are geometrically linked by buildings that shun the orthodoxy of the right angle.UCCNov 5, 1990
- 3. House AhoyMeades investigates unusual houses, houseboats and lifestyles of people on the Solent.UCCNov 12, 1990
- 4. Brick and MortarsJonathan Meades considers the style of army and military buildings and architectural styles.UCCNov 26, 1990
- 5. In Search of BohemiaThere are a surprising number of places in Britain called Bohemia. Even more surprising is the fact that two of them - in Hastings and the New Forest - have connections to the artistic bohemia of such painters as Augustus John, two of whose studios demonstrate how much domestic design would take from this type of building. Features a red Lada that's a mobile tip.UCCDec 3, 1990
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Abroad in Britain
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Series in which Jonathan Meades considers unusual homes or architecture around Britain.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Russell England
- Created by
- Jonathan Meades
- Cast
- Jonathan Meades
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English
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