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At leb.org.uk<\/a> are a growing list of documentaries about housing and the welfare state [29th Nov 2025]<\/p>\n

Watch old films here<\/p>\n

BFI archive<\/a><\/p>\n

Housing Problems – 1935<\/a><\/p>\n

Cathy Come Home – 1966 – Ken Loach – Landmark housing drama – Cathy<\/a><\/p>\n

My review here -> Cathy Come Home opinion piece<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dan Cruickshank:At Home with the British
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The Cottage<\/a> \/ The Terrace<\/a> \/ The Flat<\/a><\/p>\n

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Where we live now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Five writers look at our surroundings 1979<\/p>\n

A series of five films broadcast in the week beginning Monday 19th February 1979<\/p>\n

City of Towers<\/a> – Christopher Booker<\/a><\/p>\n

Three streets in the country\u00a0– Michael Frayn \/ Dennis Marks<\/a><\/p>\n

New Town, Home Town<\/a> – Colin Ward<\/a><\/p>\n

Architecture for Everyman<\/a> – Patrick Nuttgens<\/a><\/p\n><\/p>\n

The Country and the City – Youtube\u00a0– \u00a0
\nRaymond Williams<\/a><\/p>\n

with thanks to Alan Powers of the University of Greenwich for confirming the titles and the order.<\/p>\n

Where we live now BBC<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Home Front<\/a>: Housing the People, 1850-1990 – BBC 1989 and book – Patrick Nuttgens<\/p>\n

Building Sights<\/a> – Personal reflections on the best 20th Century architecture in Britain. GB, BBC Tx BBC2 1988-1996<\/p>\n

From Here to Modernity – 2001<\/a><\/p>\n

High Rise Dreams<\/a><\/p>\n

High Rise Dreams – 2004 – BBC4<\/a> –\u00a0Notes<\/p>\n

Homes For Heroes<\/a><\/p>\n

Homes for Heroes – 2005 – BBC4<\/a> – Post war architecture clips<\/p>\n

Utopia London – 2008<\/a> – London and Modernism and the LCC – my own review<\/a><\/p>\n

Review here – https:\/\/www.bdonline.co.uk\/culture\/utopia-london\/5009468.article<\/a><\/p>\n

Homes for Workers 1939<\/a>\u00a0– BFI<\/p>\n

Recommended to me by Andrew Drury of HATC<\/p>\n

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A journey in the footsteps of the architecture writer Ian Nairn – Jonathan Glancey
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Outrage – Glancey 1<\/a><\/p>\n

Outrage\u00a0– Glancey 2<\/a><\/p>\n

Outrage – Glancey 3<\/a><\/p>\n

Outrage\u00a0– Glancey 4<\/a><\/p>\n

From Leeds into Scotland<\/a> – Ian Nairn<\/p>\n

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The New Jerusalem<\/strong><\/p>\n

Narrated by Robert Lindsay and well researched this quartet form a fascinating glimpse into 40 years of the Welfare State (made 1995) and a timely reminder of what we are about to lose with the dismemberment of the NHS.<\/p>\n

A Place in the Class<\/a><\/p>\n

Safe in their Hands<\/a><\/p>\n

For Richer for Poorer<\/a><\/p>\n

A Home of your own<\/a><\/p>\n

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Flight from Utopia Pt1 – Patrick Nuttgens<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0forty years of northern townscape – 1984<\/p>\n

A wonderful series about the Northern cities and their recent history with numerous shots of Park Hill and Hyde Park (as was) in Sheffield along with Gleadless Valley. \u00a0A must for anyone with an interest in Sheffield.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Flight from Utopia Pt2\u00a0– Patrick Nuttgens<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sixties – Getaway People – 1982 – Ch4<\/a>\u00a0– narrated by James Bolam.<\/p>\n

A long searching look at the icons of the 1960s including system built housing which fared less well including the Leaky Road flats in Leeds aka Hunslett.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

T. Dan Smith<\/a>\u00a0– BBC North East – 1986<\/p>\n

The Making of Modern London – Housing<\/a>\u00a0– Gentrification of Barnsbury and Canonbury in Islington covered.<\/p>\n

The Making of Modern London – Office life<\/a>\u00a0– London Wall and office life in the 1960s and 1970s.<\/p>\n

A Vision of Britain \u2013 Prince Charles 1988 \u2013 Dir Nick Rossiter<\/a><\/p>\n

The Great British Housing Disaster<\/a>\u00a0– 1984<\/p>\n

Thamesmead 1970<\/a> – thanks to Darryl of the 853 blog<\/a><\/p>\n

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I hate the Sixties BBC 2004<\/a><\/p>\n

The London Nobody Knows\u00a0– James Mason<\/a><\/p>\n

Buildings That Shaped Britain\u00a0– Modernism – Simon Thurley<\/a><\/p>\n

The NHS – A difficult beginning<\/a><\/p>\n

Greg Dyke on Nye Bevan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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