In a series of six films,
Patrick Nuttgens explores how housing the nation has been, and continues to be, a battle.
5: Whose Green and Pleasant Land?
Tonight's film looks at the relationship between town and country which has changed dramatically over the last 100 years.
Commuting has taken over in even the remotest rural areas. From west London where the suburban house was 'invented' through the Thames Valley where the suburbs are now spreading to Wales.
Patrick Nuttgens explores the revealing archive material of early suburban life and meets present-day incomers and local people now facing the prospect of trying to live as one community. 'My husband likes to be liked' says one new countrywoman, but is that enough?
Photography JOHN WARWICK Film editor BRYAN JONES Producer MARK ROWLAND BBC Leeds
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