Series
Abroad in Britain
Documentary
Series in which Jonathan Meades considers unusual homes or architecture around Britain.
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Seasons & episodes
Series in which Jonathan Meades considers unusual homes or architecture around Britain.
- 1Severn Heaven29 Oct 1990Just 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.
- 2Right is Wrong5 Nov 1990Meades 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.
- 3House Ahoy12 Nov 1990Meades investigates unusual houses, houseboats and lifestyles of people on the Solent.
- 4Brick and Mortars26 Nov 1990Jonathan Meades considers the style of army and military buildings and architectural styles.
- 5In Search of Bohemia3 Dec 1990There 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.
Details
- Created by
- Jonathan Meades
- First aired
- 29 Oct 1990
- Last aired
- 3 Dec 1990
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 5
Cast
Jonathan MeadesHimself
