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Saving Britain's Past - The Crofters

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Series charting the development of the conservation movement in Britain since the Second World War. Architecture critic Tom Dyckhoff visits Assynt, a small community in the highlands of Scotland, where the land reform movement began in the 90s. Their struggle to end a centuries old system of private land ownership has raised new problems as they attempt to develop one of the most beautiful parts of the UK.