Synopsis
Poet Roger McGough narrates the story of how a simple invention - the shipping container - changed the world forever and forced Britain into the modern era of globalisation.
- Programme: The Box That Changed Britain
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2010
- Geography | Globalisation, trade and interdependence
Licence: ERA Licence required
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