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The City
The final programme in which JOHN SNAGGE takes a personal look at some of the historical and curious places to be seen in the capital.
This month he goes to the City to talk to the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, tests the echo in the whispering gallery of St Paul's Cathedral, visits the Roman fort at Cripplegate and examines the Domesday Book, Magna Carta, Guy Fawkes ' Confessions, a letter from Hitler and Shakespeare's will in the Public Records Office.
JOHN SNAGGE also visits the attic where Doctor Johnson compiled his dictionary, Prince Henry's room in Fleet Street, looks at the remains of the Carmelite monastery beneath The News of the World offices, finds out how to insure a super tanker at Lloyd's, meets a gas lighter at the Temple and goes 70 feet down to see London's other underground railway where the trains have no drivers, guards or passengers. Technical presentation GRAHAM CLIFFORD
Producer ROGER CLARK

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John Snagge
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Guy Fawkes
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John Snagge
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Graham Clifford
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Roger Clark

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