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	NATIONAL TRUST DEBATE Friday 2 January 2004 1.30am-2.20am

	Kirsty Lang presents a discussion on the issues raised in our series on The National Trust. Why does heritage conjure images of twee Tudor tea rooms? Do we spend too much time and money preserving the past, when we should be building the future? How should the National Trust and English Heritage decide what to conserve? And can they make our heritage relevant and accessible? The Panel Fiona Reynolds, Director-General of the National Trust Simon Thurley, Chief Executive of English Heritage Stephen Bayley, commentator and founder of the Design Museum Peter Mandler, writer and Cambridge historian Simon Jenkins, writer and campaigner on Britain's heritage Previous documentaries on BBC Four


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