The Secret History of Our Streets

The Secret History of Our Streets
Genre	Documentary
Directed by	Joseph Bullman (series 1); Russell England (series 2)
Narrated by	Steven Mackintosh
Theme music composer	Matthew Cracknell
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
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
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	6 June 2012 (2012-06-06) – 5 August 2014 (2014-08-05)
Related
A House Through Time

Camberwell Grove, one of the streets featured in the series.

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.

Episode list

Series one

• Arnold Circus, Bethnal Green
• Caledonian Road, Islington
• Camberwell Grove, Southwark
• Deptford High Street, south east London
• Portland Road, Notting Hill
• Reverdy Road, Bermondsey

Series two

A second series examined the history of three streets and estates in Scotland: ^{[3] [4]}

• The Fittie Squares, Aberdeen
• Duke Street, Glasgow
• The Moray Estate, Edinburgh

See also

• A House Through Time

References

1. The Secret History of Our Streets. BBC. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
2. What were the poverty maps? LSE. Retrieved 5 January 2017
3. Series 2 The Secret History of Our Streets. BBC. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
4. OU on the BBC: The Secret History of Our Streets: Scotland. Open learn, The Open University, 4 September 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

External links

• The Secret History of Our Streets at BBC Online
• The Secret History of Our Streets at IMDb
• The Secret History Of Our Streets – BBC TV blog.