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Britain in a Box - landmark television ed

Thursday 03 February 2011, 16:28

''Serendipity'. Or to be even more direct, 'luck'. Those are the words I most associate with Britain In A Box which returns for a fourth series this Saturday. This is the programme where comedy producer and television executive Paul Jackson delves back into the origins of TV classics and explor...

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