Â鶹ԼÅÄ

Post war government bleeds four hundred manufacturing firms, and a hundred thousand jobs, away from Birmingham in a bid to level up the country.

This programme uses archive material with thanks to Franco London Films, Movietone, Liberty Films, Charles Parker Archive, Thames TV, Harold Baim Films, British Pathe, TV Eye, The People Mover Group, Midlands Today, Panorama, The Andrew Marr Show, Â鶹ԼÅÄ News, ITV.

Producer: Lee Stone

Originally broadcast on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio WM.