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Open Space

on BBC Two England

Series of programmes made by members of the public.
Stamping Out Books. The public library service grew, in part, out of the temperance movement in the 1830s - an anxiety to provide people with somewhere else to go apart from the pub. Now library opening hours, book-purchase funds and staffing have been drastically cut and privatisation is on the agenda. To make her film Jill Wight , director of the National Library Campaign, has brought together many supporters including Melvyn Bragg , who says: "It's a marvellous system and it's been let slide.... when a society starts to chew off its own best bits then you're in real trouble - and the library service is certainly one of the best bits about this country." Producer Gavin Dutton
Series producerGiles Oakley
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Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Wight
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Melvyn Bragg
Producer:
Gavin Dutton

BBC Two England

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