Environmentalist David Bellamy presents the first of a five-part series that focuses on herbal medicine.
Paved with Gold. This week he shows that the medicinal herbs used throughout the ages to heal the sick and promote well-being can be found on the pavements and railway stations of London and its suburbs. Even one of the practitioners, the 17th-century herbalist
Nicholas Culpeper , lies beneath Liverpool Street's platform 11. Indeed, wherever Bellamy goes - below the west front of St
Paul's Cathedral, in the shadow of Tower Bridge - he finds plants that can stem disease and raise the spirits. Director Martin Gorst
Producer John Percival
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BBC BOOK: Blooming Bellamy has over 200 illustrations from the series and is available, price 1 5.99. from bookshops.
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