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1960: Life in HAMPSTEAD | Monitor | Writers and Wordsmiths | BBC Archive
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12:24Now PlayingA film about Hampstead and the people who live there, as seen by the playwright John Mortimer. Hampstead is one of the oldest areas in London, and is where his new play "The Wrong Side of the Park" takes place.
Clip taken from Monitor: Mortimer's Hampstead, originally broadcast on BBC Television, 31 January, 1960.
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