http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 Telly Savalas and the Quota Quickies Saturday 26th April, 10:30, BBC Radio 4 In the 1970s, Birmingham attempted to reinvent itself as a city of the future - and recruited Telly Savalas to voice the narrative. A world of multi-storey car parks, concrete shopping centres and motorways... In 'Telly Savalas and the Quota Quickies', Laurie Taylor recalls a series of 1970s B-Movies, created by the late Harold Baim, in which Hollywood star Telly Savalas waxes lyrical about the charms of certain British cities not generally recognised as tourist attractions. Author: BBC Keywords: Telly Savalas Looks At Birmingham bbc radio4 b-movies harold baim 1970s history british town cities buses transport Added: April 23, 2008
