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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Episodes

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  1. Ideal Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Show

    10/10 Laurence talks to philosopher Alain de Botton about how our ideas of the home have changed

  2. Eco-houses

    9/10 Laurence explores new ways to build and run a home at an eco-community in Nottingham.

  3. Retail

    8/10 The history of shopping for the home from colonial imports to passions for European design

  4. Loft Living

    7/10 The rise of lofts during the 80s created a change in expectations of what homes could be.

  5. Country House

    6/10 Laurence plots the rise of country house style in the 1970s and 1980s.

  6. David Hicks

    5/10 Laurence looks at the flamboyant and influential decorator, a superstar of the 1960s.

  7. DIY

    4/10 How marriage became a means of coping with skill shortages in designing post-war homes.

  8. Utility

    3/10 Laurence considers how the post-war government urged the public to embrace 'good design'.

  9. Modernism

    2/10 The modernist social experiment spawned the blocks of flats built in the early 1930s.

  10. Voysey

    1/10 A profile of the 'father of the English suburb', architect Charles Francis Annesley Voysey