The Secret History of Our Streets explained

Genre:	Documentary
Director:	Joseph Bullman (series 1); Russell England (series 2)
Narrated:	Steven Mackintosh
Theme Music Composer:	Matthew Cracknell
Num Seasons:	2
Num Episodes:	9
Executive Producer:	Simon Ford (series 1&2); Katie Bailiff (series 2)
Producer:	Katie Bailiff & Joseph Bullman (series 1); Russell England (series 2)
Cinematography:	Mark Wolf (series 1); Alistair McCormick (series 2)
Editor:	Michael Harrowes (series 1); Simon Greenwood (series 2)
Company:	The Open University Century Films; Halcyons Heart Films
Network:	BBC

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

External links

• • • The Secret History Of Our Streets – BBC TV blog.

Notes and References

1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jt9zh The Secret History of Our Streets.
2. https://booth.lse.ac.uk/learn-more/what-were-the-poverty-maps What were the poverty maps?
3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04bzq77 Series 2 The Secret History of Our Streets.
4. http://www.open.edu/openlearn/ourstreets OU on the BBC: The Secret History of Our Streets: Scotland.