Synopsis
Malcolm Stacey investigates the rise of industry in South Wales from the days of the early ironmasters to the boom period of coal and steel.
- Programme: The Geography Programme
- Episode: Why Industry Comes and Goes: Part 2
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1987
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