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Radio 3,25 Aug 2013,35 mins

The Albertopolis of the South

Twenty Minutes

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Lesley Chamberlain explores Prince Albert's German recreation of Britain. Albert made the Great Exhibition happen in 1851 and a revolution in British art and design followed. Producer: Tim Dee.

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