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The Tower: A Tale of Two Cities
GenreDocumentary
Directed byAnthony Wonke
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producerSimon Ford
ProducerAnthony Wonke
Running time50 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release25 June 2007 (2007-06-25)

The Tower: A Tale of Two Cities is a British television documentary series based on the Pepys estateinDeptford, south-east London. The eight-part series premiered on 25 June 2007, on BBC One.[1]

In 2004, Lewisham council sold one of three adjacent public housing tower blocks on the economically deprived Pepys Estate to a private property developer. The tower was converted into luxury apartments and sold to people who, for the most part, did not grow up in the local area. The documentary was filmed over three years and chronicled the difficulties faced by some of the local residents in adapting to the changes sweeping the neighbourhood. Notable characters included heroin-addicted Leol and his alcoholic best friend Nicky,[2] and the landlord of the local pub who is struggling with the challenges of satisfying his conservative (and dwindling) 'old guard' and tempting the new arrivals – mostly young and relatively wealthy – into his traditional boozer.

The Tower: A Tale of Two Cities won the BAFTA Award for Best Factual Series in 2008.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Walton, James (26 June 2007). "Last night on television". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  • ^ Cooke, Rachel (26 July 2007). "A dose of reality". New Statesman. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  • ^ "TV Winners in 2008". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
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