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Saturday Request: Soho

on BBC Two England

A series featuring a selection of BBCtv programmes viewers have particularly asked to see again.

Newspapers call Soho the 'square mile of vice.' Few tourists fail to visit it. Football supporters 'up for t'Cup' always seem to wind up there - in their cups.
But Soho is being tidied up, threatened with replanning. 'Miss Whiplash' will have to find new premises - so will some of the restaurants, theatres, strip clubs, discotheques. But still there will be newspapers in 15 languages; cheroots from Burma; samovars from Samarkand. It seems impossible to consider Soho in any other terms than the centre of the British film industry; the home of the London Orchestral Association; the meeting place of artists, sculptors, stunt men, wrestlers - and the stamping ground of Lord Longford's stern-minded committee. Soho is a place of character - full of characters.

Frank Norman wrote a book about it. Harold Williamson, a Tynesider, has come to know and love it. Charlie Squires has always been fascinated by it. Now they have been there together.

Contributors

Reporter:
Frank Norman
Reporter:
Harold Williamson
Reporter/Director:
Charlie Squires
Editor:
Desmond Wilcox
Editor:
Bill Morton

BBC Two England

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