Jenni Burrows
Director
Ours to Keep (1985)
Miniseries
Six films about people determined to defend historic buildings against the destructive effects of social change and market forces.
Released Feb. 28, 1985
Episode 40 min
None+
Keywords: tmdb.cultural-preservation
Production Companies: BBC Bristol Productions
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Selling Shilstone
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.
Feb. 28, 1985, midnight
S1E2 - Incomers
The Spitalfields Historic Buildings Preservation Trust succeeded in thwarting the property developers who wanted to sweep away derelict buildings to build profitable office blocks.
March 7, 1985, midnight
S1E3 - Millstones
Three men seek to preserve redundant textile mills in West Yorkshire's Calder Valley -- buildings in Halifax, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden.
March 14, 1985, midnight
S1E4 - The Rev David Wyatt's Seven Deadly Sins
The Rev David Wyatt fights to save Manchester's remaining Victorian churches.
March 21, 1985, midnight
S1E5 - Defence of the Realm
Shipwright Brian Patterson and his Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Society fought to have the dockyard designated a heritage centre.
March 28, 1985, midnight
S1E6 - Living on the Past
The people of York seek to combine modern amenities with their medieval and Viking past. Last programme of the series.
April 4, 1985, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 40 min.
Season Runtime: 40 min.
Released: Feb. 28, 1985
Last Air Date: April 4, 1985, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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