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Episode 30, The Great Smog of London.

December 5, 1952.

12,000 deceased, over 150,000 injured.

Does the minister not appreciate that last month in Greater London alone,

there were literally more people choked to death by air pollution than were killed on the roads in the whole country in 1952? A question posed to Minister of Housing Harold McMillan

by a member of Parliament following the great smog of 1952.

If you haven't watched The Crown on Netflix yet, you should really check it out.

I'm a sucker for the art direction, costuming, hair, and makeup in period dramas.

I've already gone to see hidden figures like three times already.

And the Crown is flawless. But in the fourth episode, it also

covers a famous event, which occurred early in Queen Elizabeth II's reign, a particularly

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