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The Great Flood: Travels Through a Sodden Landscape: Episode 2

The Great Flood: Travels Through a Sodden Landscape

Episode 2

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Platt meets flood victims and uncovers the legacy of botched Victorian infrastructure.

Journalist Edward Platt meets flood victims and uncovers the legacy of botched Victorian infrastructure.
Read by Peter Collins

Edward Platt travelled round Britain to discover how floods have shaped our landscape, our literature and our sense of self.
The author meets flood victims near the Severn and uncovers the legacy of botched Victorian infrastructure.

Abridged by Laurence Wareing
Read by Peter Collins
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

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Author Edward Platt explores the way floods have shaped the physical landscape of Britain.

Book of the Week. Author Edward Platt explores the way floods have shaped the physical landscape of Britain and left their mark on our literature and our sense of ourselves.

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