Sep 04, 1984
50 min
Full-HD

Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster (1984)

David Jones investigates how 1960s council housing came to be built so poorly that thousands later needed to be demolished.

David Jones

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Tom Akroyd

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Bill Allen

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Cleeve Barr

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Malcom Burgess

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Kenneth Campbell

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Ted Cantle

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Eric Downie

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