Abroad in Britain (1990)
Synopsis
Series in which Jonathan Meades considers unusual homes or architecture around Britain.
First Air Date: 1990-10-29
Last Air Date: 1990-12-03
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 5
Created By: Jonathan Meades
Networks: BBC Two
Top Cast
- Jonathan Meades as Himself
Seasons
Miniseries (1990)
Series in which Jonathan Meades considers unusual homes or architecture around Britain.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Severn Heaven
Just north of Bewdley in Worcestershire, beside the Severn Valley Railway, is the largest surviving interwars 'plotland' settlement in Britain. This is a village of dwellings built by their owners from improvised materials: old railway carriages, chicken coops, the fuselages of gliders etc. Decried as an instant slum and opposed by planning authorities it is today regarded as a valuable manifestation of working class history.
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Ep. 2: Right is Wrong
Meades investigates a new age community beside a Scottish air base, a furniture factory in a Dorset wood, and an experimental school in East Grinstead, all of which are geometrically linked by buildings that shun the orthodoxy of the right angle.
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Ep. 3: House Ahoy
Meades investigates unusual houses, houseboats and lifestyles of people on the Solent.
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Ep. 4: Brick and Mortars
Jonathan Meades considers the style of army and military buildings and architectural styles.
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Ep. 5: In Search of Bohemia
There are a surprising number of places in Britain called Bohemia. Even more surprising is the fact that two of them - in Hastings and the New Forest - have connections to the artistic bohemia of such painters as Augustus John, two of whose studios demonstrate how much domestic design would take from this type of building. Features a red Lada that's a mobile tip.
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