Reposting a link to Reyner Banham's 1964 BBC doco (viewable in UK for limited time) on London's urban growth, in complement to the comprehensive bibliography in Nigel Whiteley (2002) "Reyner Banham: historian of the immediate future". Hitchcock-like cameos by narrator. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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A City Crowned with Green
First transmitted in 1964, architectural critic Reyner Banham's film brings out the unique character of London and explains how London has grown in size over the past 500 years.
