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Nairn's Journeys

Nairn's Journeys

1971•Documentary
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Writer and journalist Ian Nairn presents a series of travels, examining architecture and culture across Europe.

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateJul 8, 1971

Episodes

E1

Cuckoo Clock Country?

The first programme in a series of European journeys with Ian Nairn , writer and outspoken controversial critic of all that is bad or good in townscape and countryside. Annoyed by the traditional image of Switzerland - cowbells and cuckoo clocks - Nairn takes a 50-mile journey from Zurich and discovers a country of strong, passionate contrasts in landscape and architecture.

Jul 8, 1971

E2

South to the Med

Early-morning arrival at Le Havre followed by a 700-mile journey across France to the Mediterranean. Ignoring maps and tourist routes, Ian Nairn takes a compass bearing on Nimes and discovers the real France. In an open top family saloon with a compass clamped to the windscreen, Nairn finds that the journey brings forth the unexpected and the whole amounts to a surprisingly revealing experience.

Jul 22, 1971

E3

With Good News from Ghent

Browning's poem 'How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix' is the theme behind the third in this series of European journeys. While attempting to discover whether or not Browning did actually make the journey across Belgium, Ian Nairn finds experiences both pleasurable and sad in this country tinted with a feeling of happy madness.

Jul 29, 1971

E4

Finding the Finns

Ian Nairn travels north from Helsinki into the very heart of Finland by coach, hydrofoil and on foot. While attempting to discover what makes the Finns tick, Nairn finds a surprising mid-western town, and buildings designed by an 'architectural Sibelius.'

Aug 5, 1971

E5

Orient Express

Day and night across Europe on a romantic international express. Ian Nairn leaves Paris on the overnight train to begin a 1700-mile journey through seven countries with a chance to take a critical look at the cities of Munich, Vienna, Budapest, Bucharest, and Istanbul, his destination. Featuring a memorable visit to the Oktoberfest.

Aug 12, 1971

Actors

Ian Nairn

Self - Presenter

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