STVDIO

This seven part series explores changing attitudes towards the past in post-war Britain. It tells the story of how their feelings about their history have developed, what how those shifts have shaped who they are.

The Times architecture critic, Tom Dyckhoff, leads us on a journey of discovery, combining social history, ideas and emotions, archive and stunning shots of the British landscape and architecture.

In seven dramatic stories, British men and women who have campaigned and protested to save their heritage tell their unique stories. Each programme reveals how economic realities conflict with sentiment, how heritage organisations have worked with communities, how the demands of real life do or do not marry with the purist visions of academics and how Britain, in a radical period of post-war change, decided what to keep and what to lose.