In the late 1960s architects and social planners created Thamesmead, a town-sized council estate. From its opening to the present day filmmakers have used the area's concrete landscape as a backdrop.
We're joined by Midnight Video's Jim Hall to discuss ASBO superpower drama Misfits, Stanley Kubrick's dystopian masterpiece A Clockwork Orange, Peter Sellers vehicle The Optimists of Nine Elms and homantic comedy Beautiful Thing.
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