Synopsis
In 2000 the BBC's foreign correspondent Fergal Keane visited some of Britain's hard pressed communities. In this follow up series, he discovers how they are coping in 2012.
- Programme: Return to Forgotten Britain
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2012
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Episode 2 | Return to Forgotten Britain
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Twelve years after the series looking at some of Britain's hard pressed communities, Fergal Keane returns to Glasgow and Leeds to fin...
Episode 2 | Return to Forgotten Britain
Episode 2 | Return to Forgotten Britain
Twelve years after the series looking at some of Britain's hard pressed communities, Fergal Keane returns to Glasgow and Leeds to fin...
Episode 2 | Return to Forgotten Britain
Episode 2 | Return to Forgotten Britain
Twelve years after the series looking at some of Britain's hard pressed communities, Fergal Keane returns to Glasgow and Leeds to fin...
Episode 2 | Return to Forgotten Britain
Episode 2 | Return to Forgotten Britain
Twelve years after the series looking at some of Britain's hard pressed communities, Fergal Keane returns to Glasgow and Leeds to fin...
Episode 2 | Return to Forgotten Britain
Episode 2 | Return to Forgotten Britain
Twelve years after the series looking at some of Britain's hard pressed communities, Fergal Keane returns to Glasgow and Leeds to fin...
Episode 2 | Return to Forgotten Britain
Episode 2 | Return to Forgotten Britain
Twelve years after the series looking at some of Britain's hard pressed communities, Fergal Keane returns to Glasgow and Leeds to fin...
Episode 2 | Return to Forgotten Britain
Episode 2 | Return to Forgotten Britain
Twelve years after the series looking at some of Britain's hard pressed communities, Fergal Keane returns to Glasgow and Leeds to fin...
Episode 2 | Return to Forgotten Britain
Episode 2 | Return to Forgotten Britain
Twelve years after the series looking at some of Britain's hard pressed communities, Fergal Keane returns to Glasgow and Leeds to fin...
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