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The first of three documentaries following the bosses of some Britain's oldest family businesses as they go on a journey into their remarkable pasts.Richard Balson's family have been butchers for a...lmost 500 years, since Henry VIII was on the throne. He goes back through centuries of butchery to the origin of the British high street. Along the way he discovers how the Balsons have stayed in the butchery business despite scandal and tragedy.
The first of three documentaries following the bosses of some Britain's oldest family businesses as they go on a journey into their remarkable pasts.Richard Balson's family have been butchers for a...lmost 500 years, since Henry VIII was on the throne. He goes back through centuries of butchery to the origin of the British high street. Along the way he discovers how the Balsons have stayed in the butchery business despite scandal and tragedy.
| Series: | Hidden histories: Britain's oldest family businesses |
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| Episode | 1 - |
| First transmission date: | 15-01-2014 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC 4 |
| Published: | 2014 |
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| Duration: | 00:58:30 |
| Note: | OU version |
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| Producer: | Lucy Willis |
| Narrator: | Margaret Mountford |
| Contributors: | Richard Balson; Cassandra Johnson; Peter Bellamy; John Chartres; Jane Balson; Joan Balson; Peter Borsay; Phil Frampton; Peter Edwards; Richard Simms; Oliver Balson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | BBC 4 website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03q480f Episode webpage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03q0177 |
| Master spool number: | HDS140506 |
| Production number: | FKIV381Y |
| Available to public: | no |
