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Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 18^th Jun 2007, 22:35 on BBC One East MidlandsLatest broadcast: Thu 9^th Aug 2007, 19:00 on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Architect Maxwell Hutchinson takes a critical look at Leicester's three billion pound redevelopment programme. Show more

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Presenter:: Maxwell Hutchinson

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Building Britain

East

BBC Two

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 18^th Jun 2007, 22:35 on BBC One EastLatest broadcast: Tue 31^st Jul 2007, 19:00 on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)

Professor Germaine Greer travels around the east in search of the best of our built heritage architecture, and puts forward a radical solution to the housing shortage in Cambridge. Show more

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Presenter:: Germaine Greer

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Building Britain

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 15^th Mar 2008, 15:15 on BBC Parliament

Carole Walker looks at the Glorious Revolution.

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Building Britain

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sat 24^th Nov 2007, 19:45 on BBC Parliament

A short historical programme looking at the impact Gladstone and Disraeli had in Building Britain.

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Building Britain

South West

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 18^th Jun 2007, 22:35 on BBC One South WestLatest broadcast: Mon 18^th Jun 2007, 22:35 on BBC One Cambridgeshire

Dick Strawbridge investigates the growing trend for eco-friendly building in the south west and asks whether we are green enough.

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Presenter:: Dick Strawbridge

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Building Britain

London

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 18^th Jun 2007, 22:35 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Mon 16^th Jul 2007, 19:30 on BBC One London

With London's skyline going through its greatest change in 400 years, writer and broadcaster Peter Ackroyd takes a personal look at how power and wealth are shaping the city. Show more

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Presenter:: Peter Ackroyd

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Building Britain

Birmingham

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 18^th Jun 2007, 22:35 on BBC One West Midlands

East: Architect Maxwell Hutchinson takes a critical look at Leicester's 3 billion pound redevelopment. West: Saira Khan explores Birmingham's changing architecture. Show more

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Presenter:: Saira Khan

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Building Britain

The Clyde by Muriel Gray

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 18^th Jun 2007, 22:35 on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: Fri 20^th Jul 2007, 19:30 on BBC One Yorkshire

Writer/presenter Muriel Gray takes a look, in her hometown of Glasgow, at what the future holds for the historic River Clyde. Show more

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Presenter:: Muriel Gray

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Building Britain

Wales by Griff Rhys Jones

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 18^th Jun 2007, 19:30 on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: Wed 18^th Jul 2007, 19:30 on BBC One London

Passionate Welshman and Restoration presenter Griff Rhys Jones finds out who really makes the decisions about the future of our built environment. Show more

Building Britain

Belfast by Glenn Patterson

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 18^th Jun 2007, 22:35 on BBC One Northern Ireland

Belfast is not exactly renowned for its harmony. After thirty years of war, Glenn Patterson explores a city on the cusp of an image makeover. Show more

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Presenter:: Glenn Patterson

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FactualHistory

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Documentaries

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Building Britain

Durham

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 18^th Jun 2007, 22:35 on BBC One North East & Cumbria

Writer Terry Deary, best known for his Horrible Histories, sets out to discover who is shaping modern Durham and tests some controversial theories of his own. Show more

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Presenter:: Terry Deary

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Building Britain

Liverpool

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 18^th Jun 2007, 22:35 on BBC One North West

Loyd Grossman asks whether the extensive redevelopment of Liverpool's city centre is daring and imaginative enough to match the city's iconic heritage. Show more

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Presenter:: Loyd Grossman

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Building Britain

South

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 18^th Jun 2007, 22:35 on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: Mon 18^th Jun 2007, 22:35 on BBC One South East

Simon Fanshawe makes a plea for people in Brighton and Hove to accept the exciting new developments taking place in the city. Show more

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Presenter:: Simon Fanshawe

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Building Britain

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Tue 25^th Sep 2007, 10:00 on BBC ParliamentLatest broadcast: Tue 13^th Nov 2007, 13:45 on BBC Parliament

Carole Walker looks at the Reform Acts.

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Building Britain

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sat 24^th Nov 2007, 17:40 on BBC Parliament

A short historical programme looking at the impact Gladstone and Disraeli had in Building Britain.

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Building Britain

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sat 13^th Oct 2007, 11:30 on BBC Parliament

First of two films in which Carole Walker looks at the political rivalry between William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli.

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Building Britain

Gloucester