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Mapping the Town

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1: Bath. Archaeologist Julian Richards begins a new series of the programme exploring how towns take shape. In Bath he discovers why the Romans built an "alternative" workingtown away from the pilgrims and the waters; how Georgian planners created
Europe'sgreatest resort for the beautiful people of the 18th century and why the town's architectural splendours are down to just three men - a quarryman, an architect and a gambler. Producer John Byme

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Julian Richards
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John Byme
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