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Professor Christopher Andrew and guests imagine how the past could have been different.

Professor Christopher Andrew and his guests re-write history by imagining how events from the past could have been different.

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What If...: The Fire of London

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The Fire of London

11/03/1999

BBC Radio 4 Extra - What If..., The Fire of London

What would London be like now if someone had extinguished the 1666 Pudding Lane blaze?

4 Extra Debut. Presenter Christopher Andrew asks what London would be like now if someone had extinguished the 1666 Pudding Lane blaze. From March 1999.

What if someone had a small blaze one Sunday morning in September 1666 in a bakery in London's Pudding Lane - and had simply thrown a damp cloth over it - instead of managing to destroy much of the 17th century City of London? 

Series in which Professor Christopher Andrew and his guests re-write history by imagining how past events could have been different.

Producer: Ian Bell 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.

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