We make places. And places make us. We respond to what we have created. But how does this compact between mankind and its greatest artifices work? Jonathan Meades addressed this in a multitude of ways: visually comically rhetorically obliquely argumentatively and whilst swimming fully clothed. And also passionately. For these programmes are the expression of an obsessional preoccupation with places and with the properties they reflect: fantasy and necessity escape and expectation individual assertion and collective fear. Episodes Comprise: 1. Abroad In Britain : In... Search of Bohemia 2. Abroad In Britain : Severn Heaven 3. Further Abroad : Belgium 4. Further Abroad : Get High 5. Even Further Abroad : Absentee Landlord 6. Even Further Abroad : Double Dutch 7. Even Further Abroad : Remember The Future 8. Meades Eats... Fast Food 9. Abroad Again: Father To The Man 10. Magnetic North - Part I 11. Magnetic North - Part II [show more]
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This three disc collection includes thirteen 10 shows drawn from those Meades has written and performed in since 1990 They belong to no genre but their own They are staged essays rehearsed artifices They are biased and indifferent to &39;balance&39; By television standards they are visually elaborate and verbally complex But they also comic entertainments both witty and knockabout - they do not confuse seriousness with solemnity
Series of documentaries in which the writer, author, and broadcaster Jonathan Meades delivers his own unique views on, among other things, the way we as humans interact with the structures and places we create. With a distinctive style and presentation, Meades visits some of the places that he sees as important, not just for their architecture, but also for the inherent properties they project. He also shares his views on such diverse topics as Bohemia, Belgium, the Fens, fast food, and the meaning of 'Northernness'. Episodes comprise: 'Abroad in Britain: In Search of Bohemia', 'Abroad in Britain: Severn Heaven', 'Further Abroad: Belgium', 'Further Abroad: Get High', 'Even Further Abroad: Absentee Landlord', 'Even Further Abroad: Double Dutch', 'Even Further Abroad: Remember the Future', 'Meades Eats... Fast Food', 'Abroad Again: Father to the Man', 'Magnetic North - episode 1' and 'Magnetic North - episode 2'.
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