BBC One 1969 1 season 6 eps Ended

Nairn at Large

1969 1 season 6 eps

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Season 1

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Season 1

S1 · E1 · Jan 7, 1969

Dark Satanic Mills? Episode 1

For the past hundred years the British have looked on their industrial landscape as something devoid of beauty. Ian Nairn believes that because of this attitude we are missing some of the most spectacular grandeur in Britain.

S1 · E2 · Jan 14, 1969

The Mersey Style Episode 2

Ian Nairn tries to analyse the unique appeal of Liverpool and shows that it lies as much in its people as in its magnificent civic buildings.

S1 · E3 · Jan 21, 1969

Cornish Pastures Episode 3

The rest of Britain looks at Comwall from the complacency of a deck-chair and through the tinted lenses of its sunglasses. Ian Nairn believes that the real nature of the county is industrial rather than tourist and that it is in danger of becoming, apart from brief summer months, a ghetto for the retired and elderly.

S1 · E4 · Jan 28, 1969

...Yes, but would you want to live there? Episode 4

Eventually one in ten Scotsmen will be living in a new town. The pattern of the urban living in the future is taking shape in Scotland now. Ian Nairn takes a critical look at Scotland's most famous new town - Cumbernauld.

S1 · E5 · Feb 4, 1969

The Poetry of Town Planning Episode 5

Ian Nairn believes that when new towns go wrong it's usually because they have been planned without flair or imagination. For him the planner is more important than the architect, and he looks at Gordon Cullen's plans for the Welsh hill town of Llantrisant.

S1 · E6 · Feb 11, 1969

They Don't Build 'em Like They Used To! Episode 6

Most drinkers are unanimous in their preference for Victorian city pubs or rural inns instead of the chrome and plate-glass of the modern pub. Ian Nairn shows that it is possible to build a good modern pub or successfully modernise an older one.

6 episodes in Season 1

In these six programmes Ian Nairn looks at industrial landscape; considers the unique appeal of Liverpool; tries to analyse the attraction of a summer Bank Holiday county like Cornwall; asks if in new towns like Cumbernauld people have been given enough say in their environment; sees the potential in a plan for a Welsh hill-town; and finally takes a look at a uniquely British institution - the public house.

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Cast

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Ian Nairn

Self - Presenter

Type Documentary · Country United States · Premiered January 7, 1969

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Premiered

January 7, 1969

Final episode

February 11, 1969

Status

Ended

Network

BBC One

Country

United States

Type

Documentary

Original language

English

Production

B

BBC Manchester

Production

United Kingdom

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Spoken on screen

English

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