Synopsis
Andrew Marr visits London's sewage system.
- Programme: Andrew Marr's Mega Cities
- Episode: Sustaining the City
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Geography | Urban environments | Settlement in urban areas | Site and situation
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