28% Mary Queen of the High Street
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Aired on May 21, 2013, 8:00 PM
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Roman Road, East London
The cameras follow Mary Portas as she fights for the country's failing high streets. With around 100 shops closing a week, she takes on the challenge of coming up with a 28-point plan, the Portas Review, to help breathe new life back into the high street.
May 7, 2013
60 min
Margate
The seaside town Margate is the focus this week. They received a Ă‚Ĺ100,000 government grant to help the town's high street, which has suffered terribly in recent years with one in four shops closing down.
May 14, 2013
60 min
Cornwall
Mary is in Liskeard in Cornwall, which is a market town, 20 miles inland from Plymouth. The 2001 the foot and mouth crisis devastated cattle farming in the UK, and the region's cattle market was permanently affected.
May 21, 2013
60 min