Ours to Keep
1985 · 1 season · 6 episodes · Ended · BBC Two
Six films about people determined to defend historic buildings against the destructive effects of social change and market forces.
Episodes
- S01E01Selling Shilstone1985-02-2839m
A widow forced to sell her late parents' Dartmoor farmhouse may have other options after a National Parks adviser identified parts of it as medieval.
- S01E02Incomers1985-03-0739m
The Spitalfields Historic Buildings Preservation Trust succeeded in thwarting the property developers who wanted to sweep away derelict buildings to build profitable office blocks.
- S01E03Millstones1985-03-1439m
Three men seek to preserve redundant textile mills in West Yorkshire's Calder Valley -- buildings in Halifax, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden.
- S01E04The Rev David Wyatt's Seven Deadly Sins1985-03-2139m
The Rev David Wyatt fights to save Manchester's remaining Victorian churches.
- S01E05Defence of the Realm1985-03-2839m
Shipwright Brian Patterson and his Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Society fought to have the dockyard designated a heritage centre.
- S01E06Living on the Past1985-04-0439m
The people of York seek to combine modern amenities with their medieval and Viking past. Last programme of the series.
