Where There’s Muck There’s Grass

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

1103

Date Released

1980

Length of issue (in feet)

176

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Where There’s Muck There’s Grass

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Every year London creates 3 million tons of household rubbish. So Maggie Palmer goes along to see how farm land once spoilt by industrial excavation, can be brought back to life by filling it with that ordinary refuse, topped with a magical layer of fertile soil. TWIB sees the abundant harvest being gathered - from a field made out of British rubbish.

Researcher Comments

The main location is a farm in Oxfordshire belonging to Frank Caldwell. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version

Keywords

Environment; Agriculture

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 936/1103

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Presenter

Maggie Palmer

Cutter

Mike Willcox

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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