East End Through The Ages
Presented by legendary actor and East Ender Stephen Berkoff this programme takes a look
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back at the history of the East End through the turn of the nineteenth century to the new millennium. All the key events are featured including the Sydney Street ri...
Advantages: Interesting Disadvantages: Not enough of the "old" history of the East end
East End Through The Ages is a Green Umbrella release. The video is a production by the famous and somewhat controversial actor, playwright, film star and director, Steven Berkoff. Why? Because Steven Berkoff is an east Ender and he returns to the place of his birth to tell its fascinating and exciting story.
He describes the East End as the stomach of London, with the limbs of London, as it were, taking the "food" that is brought in from the stomach. ... ...his attempt to explain that the East end has become tired of being the stomach and wants to grow into a head, is an analogy too far. As with many places, I would contend that the East End is changing not because it particularly wants to, but because other people are making it changer. And there is, I think, a big difference.
Berkoff starts his story with the Battle of Cable Street, which took place in 1936. Sadly, Berkoff proves that there is no ...
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