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Please be aware this article is out of date and has been superseded by these three:-

Dan Cruickshank: At Home With The British – Pt3 – BBC4 – preview

Dan Cruickshank: At Home With The British – Pt2 – BBC4 – preview

Dan Cruickshank: At Home With The British – Pt1 – BBC4 – preview

RIBA Exhibition – click link for details

If you choose to read on be aware what follows is information I found while trying to find out about the programme before it was broadcast.

UPDATE 2nd May: Stoneleigh

At the beginning of August it began to unfold: the BBC was interested in using Stoneleigh as the basis for a programme on domestic architecture. A series called Home from Home [At Home with the British], presented by Dan Cruickshank and made in collaboration with [the] RIBA, will be aired on BBC 4 in the New Year and charts the architectural development and social history of three typical British house types – the cottage, the terraced house and the flat.

Over the past eight weeks the director, presenter and researcher have made many visits to Stoneleigh finding out about the village’s history and its past connection to the Abbey. Very many houses have been visited and as this goes to press filming will begin at the Food Beer and Craft Market, at the Club and at the Abbey itself. It already seems that everyone you bump into has chatted to them at some point! It will be interesting to see how the project progresses; watch this space!

http://www.stoneleighvillage.org.uk

Stoneleigh is a Warwickshire village close to Kenilworth, Leamington Spa and Warwick and less than 4 miles from the centre of Coventry.There are 68 listed buildings in Stoneleigh.

UPDATE 27th April

UPDATE 23rd March: BDOnline has news of the forthcoming programme:-

Six architects picked for major BBC collaboration with the RIBA

The accompanying BBC4 series, Dan Cruickshank: At Home with the British,will explore the historical development of the British home. Each episode will feature a housing type:  the terraces of Toxteth in Liverpool, the high-rise towers of Bow, east London, and the cottages of rural Stoneleigh in Warwickshire.

December 16th 2015

Home From Home (a working title) – Dan Cruickshank – BBC4

Hits to my blog and an update from a friend in the industry have suggested that Oxford Film & TV are “making a film about council housing presented by Dan Cruickshank”.

Likely subjects are Utopia on Trial, scissor flats, the LCC architects’ department, housing design and the history of council housing.

A quick Google today has turned up this:-

Oxford Film & Television, who are currently making a three-part BBC4 documentary series called Home From Home (a working title), presented by Dan Cruickshank and created in collaboration with the Royal Institute of British Architects.

https://www.engageliverpool.com/news/film-crew-at-city-quay/

That’s one to look out for in the New Year.