UK - Program about 1930s East End on this evening

[Chris Scott]

Tuesday
BBC 2
6.30 pm
Reel History of Britain with Melvyn Bragg
"Britain's national disgrace: Archive footage telling the history of modern Britain. This episode concentrates on the slums of London's East End in the 1930s."

[John Malcolm]

I'd kill for a copy of this!

[Howard Brown]

JM:

I downloaded the BBCi player only to find that its restricted to the U.K.

I'd swordfight for this one !

[George Hutchinson]

Bear with me a few days, then, folkies from outta town...

PHILIP

[John Malcolm]

Wicked!

[Stephen Thomas]

I'd kill for a copy of this!

It wasn't that interesting, John. It just showed snippets of a 1930s documentary on slum clearance which I've seen complete somewhere on the net courtesy of the British Film Institute.

Maybe someone can provide a link to this.

[Chris Scott]

Just had a chance to watch it - the featured 1935 documentary has already been discussed on Forums

http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=12933

[George Hutchinson]

Ah yes, the recent upload of the 15-minute piece on poor living conditions. OK, I won't upload and convert it, then.

However, this does bring to mind this ARENA programme from 1983 - which must surely exist on video - which showed (in full, I believe) a piece on the slums of Whitechapel specifically and was shot in the 1930s.

PHILIP