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S01E03 - "Just a Few Debts France Owes to America"
Aired on Feb 1, 2012, 9:00 PM
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Jonathan Meades scrutinises the 95 per cent of France that Brits drive through and don't notice en route to the 5 per cent that conforms to their expectation.
Episodes (1 Season · 3 Episodes)
E1
Fragments of an Arbitrary Encyclopaedia
Jonathan explains why Lorraine has become the symbolic heart of France and a stronghold of a romantic nationalism expressed by diverse means.
Jan 18, 2012
60 min
E2
A Biased Anthology of Parisian Peripheries
Jonathan inspects the Parisian palaces of tyrannical colonial dynasties and the village where the Ayatollah Khomeini lived in exile.
Jan 25, 2012
60 min
E3
Just a Few Debts France Owes to America
Jonathan looks at how the French delude themselves that they are indifferent towards the USA, despite huge evidence of cultural indebtedness.
Feb 1, 2012
60 min
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