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Georgia Brown: Who Are the Cockneys Now?

First transmitted in 1968, Georgia Brown revisits her childhood Whitechapel home to see how the Jewish community is coming to terms with a more diverse immigrant population.

First transmitted in 1968, singer and actress Georgia Brown revisits her old childhood home in Whitechapel, East London and notes the fading presence of the Jewish immigrant community. Brown discusses the recent change in the area's increasingly diverse population and ponders the question, "Who are the cockneys now?"

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45 minutes

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Sat 17 Aug 196820:35
BBC Two except East, South East & Yorkshire

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  • Sat 17 Aug 196820:35
    BBC Two except East, South East & Yorkshire

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