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Blists Hill to feature in BBC series

A museum in Ironbridge will be featured on TV this weekend as part of a new BBC series.

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Blists Hill Victorian Town will make an appearance in BBC1's History of The World series on Sunday at 9pm.

In the seventh episode of this eight-part series, Andrew Marr tells how Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world. Blists Hill is used as a backdrop to illustrate the sweeping changes of the revolution.

Steve Miller, chief executive of Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, said: "It was a great privilege to welcome the BBC crew."

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