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