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Abroad in Britain

Abroad in Britain

1990•30m•U•Documentary
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Series in which Jonathan Meades considers unusual homes or architecture around Britain.

Russell England · Director

Jonathan Meades · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 29, 1990

Episodes

E1

Severn Heaven

Just 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.

Oct 29, 1990

E2

Right is Wrong

Meades 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.

Nov 5, 1990

E3

House Ahoy

Meades investigates unusual houses, houseboats and lifestyles of people on the Solent.

Nov 12, 1990

E4

Brick and Mortars

Jonathan Meades considers the style of army and military buildings and architectural styles.

Nov 26, 1990

E5

In Search of Bohemia

There 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.

Dec 3, 1990

Actors

Jonathan Meades

Jonathan Meades

Himself

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