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Big Fish, Small Ponds - Whiteley Village and William Whiteley

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David McKie explores some of Britain's most evocative spots and their local heroes. The village was built for deserving pensioners by the merchant William Whiteley. David reveals the extraordinary life and death of the philanthropist whose murderer believed he was Whiteley's illegitimate son.