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Where the Houses Used to Be (Original title)Communities: Where the Houses Used to Be (Alternative title)
Date: 29 June 1971 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Carlos Pasini

Synopsis: Looks at the people living in a vast housing estate in Wandsworth, London.Synopsis: A look at the people living in a vast new housing estate in London's Wandsworth, which compresses 7,000 people into 28 blocks of flats and provides better facilities for automobiles than for children. The estate appears to be the Doddington and Rollo estate, off Battersea Park Road.

Genre:
Documentary

Subjects:
Housing estates, Wandsworth, Battersea, Flats, Community life

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 29 June 1971Broadcast company: Thames TelevisionCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:30-23:30Slot duration: 60 minsLocal - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 29 June 1971not specified

Credits (9)
Production Company: Thames Television, Executive Producer: Jeremy Isaacs, Researcher: Chris Curling, Script: Carlos Pasini, Photography: Mike Fash, Film Editor: Mike Taylor, Sound: Sandy Macrae, Dubbing Mixer: Freddie Slade