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Omnibus 1850-1960

on BBC Television

Henry Mayhew, nineteenth-century journalist and social investigator recorded many conversations with the men and women who earned their living in the streets of London.
In this programme he interrogates an omnibus driver and conductor of 1850. This dramatised interview is seen by a present-day bus driver and conductor and they are in the studio to compare the past with the present.

Contributors

Script:
Douglas Cleverdon
Produced and designed by:
Hal Burton

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