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The London Underground
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In the 1930s the London Underground Railway, so often felt today to be dirty, inefficient and obsolescent, was seen as highly efficient and a symbol of the future, almost a form of fantasy. Here we visit the three stations at the northern end of the Piccadilly line, built in the 1930s by the architect Charles Holden. Cockfosters, a piece of concrete-and-glass functionalism which manages to adapt itself to a semi-rural environment, Oakwood, with its striking use of London Transport `house style,' and Southgate, with its integration of different kinds of transport, are structures perfectly fitted to their function; they also encapsulate the image of the underground in the 1930s.
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Order number: 718
| Credits | Director Edward Hayward Presenter/Writer Dr Geoffrey Baker Open University/BBC |
| 25 minutes Black and white Recommended audience age range 18-adult | |
