African village set for BBC drama ‘The Crossing’.
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- Date
- 1980's
- Source
- Ken Woodvine
- Comment
In the 1980's the BBC built an African 'village' on Martin Down as the set for a drama called 'The Crossing'. In the film Martin Down stands in for Botswana. There is a copy of this programme in video format in the archive, kindly donated by Paul Toynton who was the warden on the Down at the time.