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This Island Now

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A weekly look at the present plight and the future shape of town and country
Compiled and introduced by NICHOLAS TAYLOR Edinburgh: Sparta of the Northr
The Government has paid up f3 million for the fine new Commonwealth Games buildings at Edinburgh. Meanwhile the 18th-century New Town is menaced by developers and dereliction, and 20th-century sewage is pumped untreated into the Forth.
The programme includes PRO
FESSOR COLIN BUCHANAN , consultant on transportation to Edinburgh Corporation; THE RT HON JO GRIMOND : CLLR ERIC KEAN , convenor of Edinburgh Corporation planning committee: and SIR ROBERT MATTHEW , this year's Royal Gold Medallist for Architecture.
Produced by LEONIE COHN
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Contributors

Introduced By:
Nicholas Taylor
Unknown:
Colin Buchanan
Unknown:
Jo Grimond
Unknown:
Cllr Eric Kean
Unknown:
Sir Robert Matthew
Produced By:
Leonie Cohn
Source: Radio Times

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