Britain's Park Story

Name: Britain's Park Story
Director: Martina Hall
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2010-08-02
Duration: 60 min
Cast: Dan Cruickshank

201060m

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The British invented them for the world, and they have been described as 'the lungs of the city - historian Dan Cruickshank reveals the history of our public parks.

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