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Abroad in Britain Season 1, Episode 1: Severn Heaven

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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. Watch Abroad in Britain Season 1, Episode 1 Severn Heaven in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Abroad in Britain Season 1, Episode 1 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

5 episodes
Miniseries
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.
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.
3

House Ahoy

Meades investigates unusual houses, houseboats and lifestyles of people on the Solent.
4

Brick and Mortars

Jonathan Meades considers the style of army and military buildings and architectural styles.
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.