Four Hundred Years

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Zakia Sewell's quest for Albion takes her deep into the landscape of Britain and into the soil itself. Looking more closely at what lies beneath our feet, reveals a complex web of histories, some more readily visible than others and some more hopeful. She talks to a young horticulturalist, Sam Siva; the author of a book on trespass, Nick Hayes; the rapper and playwright, Testament; the sociologist Ben Pitcher and her mum, Amey, as they walk across Hampstead Heath. Correction: Contrary to the figure given in the programme, the compensation paid to slave owners in 1834 is equivalent to around £2.5bn in today's money. Produced by Zakia Sewell and Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4