Unfinished London (2009)
UNFINISHED LONDON is a series all about town planning gone wrong.
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Episode 1 - The unfinished Northern line
Release Date: 2009-12-16This is the story of a town-planning cock-up known as the Northern Heights Plan which, if completed, would have meant miles of extra houses and tube stations to the North West of London.
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Episode 2 - London's unfinished motorways
Release Date: 2011-03-11In the 70s, an ambitious road-building project called 'Ringways' was cancelled and London narrowly escaped a fate much worse than traffic jams.
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Episode 3 - Why does London have so many airports?
Release Date: 2014-05-29London has the most airpots of any city, but why Is that?
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Episode 4 - Why does Heathrow need to expand?
Release Date: 2014-07-25Is Heathrow behind the modern standard for airports? And, what can It do to catch up?
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Episode 5 - Why isn't cycling normal in London?
Release Date: 2018-03-15Why don't people cycle In London? Let's find out
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Episode 6 - Why drivers should want cycle lanes
Release Date: 2018-04-19Why cycle lanes are beneficial for London and Its drivers
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Episode 7 - What happened to London's trams?
Release Date: 2018-12-04London used to have the biggest tram network In Europe, so, what happened to It?
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Episode 8 - Where does London stop?
Release Date: 2019-03-01Why Is London the shape It Is Today? And where does It End
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Episode 9 - Why does London have 32 boroughs?
Release Date: 2020-04-04Why does London have so many boroughs and does It need them?
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Episode 10 - What's wrong with London's boroughs?
Release Date: 2020-05-07What Is a borough and how can you tell which one you're In
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Episode 11 - What happened to Old London Bridge?
Release Date: 2022-01-31Where Is London Bridge really located
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Episode 12 - Tower Bridge could have looked very different
Release Date: 2022-02-28How come Tower Bridge turned out the way It did
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Episode 13 - Why are there no bridges in East London?
Release Date: 2022-05-23Why are all the bridges In London In the West and none In the East
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Episode 14 - The Tube Map nearly looked very different
Release Date: 2022-09-26How did the tube map come to look the way It does today
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Episode 15 - What went wrong with the Tube Map?
Release Date: 2022-11-29Why has the quality of the Tube Map decreased so much?