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Series in which Jonathan Meades considers unusual homes or architecture around Britain.
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Season 1

  • Severn Heaven
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    Severn Heaven

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/29/1990

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Right is Wrong
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    Right is Wrong

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/1990

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • House Ahoy
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    House Ahoy

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/1990

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Brick and Mortars
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    Brick and Mortars

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/26/1990

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • In Search of Bohemia
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    In Search of Bohemia

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/3/1990

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown