Portillo’s Hidden History of Britain

January 30, 2019 - Comment

Beginning with Shepton Mallet prison, which had been in use for 400 years when it closed in 2013, Michael Portillo investigates the stories hidden within the walls of twelve buildings that illuminate aspects of Britains modern history. Through structures including Brightons sewer system, Imber village in Wiltshire, a nuclear bunker in Cambridge and the New

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Beginning with Shepton Mallet prison, which had been in use for 400 years when it closed in 2013, Michael Portillo investigates the stories hidden within the walls of twelve buildings that illuminate aspects of Britains modern history. Through structures including Brightons sewer system, Imber village in Wiltshire, a nuclear bunker in Cambridge and the New Victoria cinema in Bradford, he explores four themes: crime and emergency, life and death, defence, and Peoples Pleasure Domes.

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