The Secret History of Our Streets | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Directed by | Joseph Bullman (series 1); Russell England (series 2) |
Narrated by | Steven Mackintosh |
Theme music composer | Matthew Cracknell |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 9 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Simon Ford (series 1&2); Katie Bailiff (series 2) |
Producers | Katie Bailiff & Joseph Bullman (series 1); Russell England (series 2) |
Cinematography | Mark Wolf (series 1); Alistair McCormick (series 2) |
Editors | Michael Harrowes (series 1); Simon Greenwood (series 2) |
Production companies | The Open University; Century Films; Halcyons Heart Films |
Release | |
Original network | BBC |
Original release | June 6, 2012 – August 5, 2014 |
Related | |
A House Through Time |
The Secret History of Our Streets is a BBC documentary series that examined the social history of streets. It was a co-production between the BBC and The Open University.
The first series showed how London has changed since Charles Booth's survey of social conditions began in 1886, [1] [2] while the second series focused on three streets in Scotland.
A second series examined the history of three streets and estates in Scotland: [3] [4]
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