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The Great Palace: The Story of Parliament

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The second of eight programmes looking behind the doors of Westminster and Parliament.
Narrated by Anthony Quayle Those Five Hundred Kings
The root of our Parliamentary system dates from the moment the boy King Edward VI gave his chapel of St Stephen at Westminster to the Commons for their regular meeting place in 1547. Under a permanent roof a wilful Parliament developed, whose members King James I described as ' those five hundred kings '.
This week the story continues of one of the most extraordinary buildings in the world.
Written by CHRISTOPHER JONES Photography JOHN GOODYER Film editor ROBERT BROWN
Executive producer JOHN GAU Producer ALAN SCALES
Book (same title) fl2.95 available from booksellers from 30 November

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Quayle
Written By:
Christopher Jones
Unknown:
John Goodyer
Editor:
Robert Brown
Producer:
John Gau
Producer:
Alan Scales
Source: Radio Times

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