In the wake of the fire at Grenfell Tower, Lynsey Hanley tells the story of social housing in Britain. How did the dreams of early housing pioneers turn to dust? Show more

Lynsey Hanley explores the history of social housing from 1945 to the present day. She argues that a new future for social housing is possible in 2017. Show more

Lynsey Hanley tells the story of social housing in Britain. Lynsey visits Park Hill in Sheffield, the building that came to define the high rise era. Show more

Lynsey looks at how councils built on the edges of cities to meet housing needs. She visits Thamesmead in south east London and asks if its notorious reputation is fair. Show more

Lynsey Hanley tells the story of social housing in Britain. Lynsey explores how the right to buy changed council housing forever. Show more

How and why council housing became diminished, both physically and in reputation. Show more

Lynsey Hanley tells the story of social housing in Britain. Lynsey looks at the future of social housing after the fire at Grenfell Tower. Show more

Lynsey Hanley visits the first ever council housing in Liverpool. She explores how the first attempts at housing the working class were based more on pragmatism than idealism. Show more

Lynsey Hanley visits the Victorian model villages. She asks if there is something sinister in the industrialists' attempts to control their workers' behaviour. Show more

Lynsey Hanley tells the story of Ebenezer Howard and the garden cities. Did the garden cities help usher in the age of the welfare state? Show more

Lynsey Hanley tells the story of postwar house-building and the rise of the new towns. Were places like Harlow disorientating dystopias or an idyllic escape from London's slums? Show more

In the wake of the fire at Grenfell Tower, Lynsey Hanley tells the story of social housing in Britain. How did the dreams of early housing pioneers turn to dust? Show more