A brief history of Downing Street | Red Box

Sixty years ago the Tory prime minister was out of Downing Street. Harold Macmillan had made way for the builders to move in and stop the most famous address in politics from falling down. Matt Chorley meets academic Jack Brown to find out about the famous black door and the story behind it.
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[@sav7568]

Number 10 is mostly offices. The part where the PM lives is actually both small and plain. Palatial it is not.

[@tabitha4135]

It’s huge inside ! And three stories high with a big garden google it! These sort of houses go for about 2 million or more in London ! I’ve been in many that are similar they are normally converted into into flats and have many residents , years ago they had servants in the upper floor ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌹

[@TimesFM4532]

Tbf the pm often lives in number 11 since it’s bigger. Despit Sunak having larger family he took the larger one

[@Pablo260492]

Interesting history 😉👌🏻

[@angied8919]

Magical is the word!

[@ibnahmed7537]

Wow!

[@Dream0Asylum]

It's funny that they say that the "residence" doesn't have enough space to govern. I mean, Hugh Grant was able to disco dance through the whole thing in Love Actually - seemed pretty roomy then. ;)

[@johannesnicolaas]

Show us the famous Gold wallpaper!!

[@parmindersinghsidhu4734]

Strange that it is one of the famous house in the world but so simple.

[@bretagnejean2410]

It s great idea. Why democratic leaders should live in palace or monuments ?

[@themanwithnothingtolose]

It's great because the so called "politicians" live down with the people

[@piusx8317]

@@bretagnejean2410 Why should royalty live in palaces?

[@tammyharless8009]

U know they hold privet secrets in there..

[@piusx8317]

It's just a terrace house up a street 😂

[@user-mh7qx8sk8y]

The whole street is the house

[@piusx8317]

@@user-mh7qx8sk8y How do you work that out? A streets a street and a house is a house

[@AirQuotes]

I wonder how much rot there is now with bojo in residence

[@jamesjamey8596]

Quality of the audio recording is bad

[@normalguy7898]

Someone else's home now.

[@TheShootist]

shouldn't Tony Robinson be presenting this?

[@NeoKingArthur]

Because he has a more cunning plan.

[@adriancalin8688]

❤😅lizy was diplomate in london town

[@mach1nefan]

Is that Rishi’s G-Wiz at 2:29 or Larry’s?

[@swored.]

lol

[@user-io4mu5cg7q]

How much did you pay for number 10 Ted?....... Cowboy's Ted feckin Cowboys!!

[@user-et3hg2wp5k]

Wow this is just amazing just what i wanted to learn about are you having a laugh why would i care

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[@garryferrington811]

What is going on in England? When did R turn into W? I'm hearing this more and more. I can imagine it now: "Speak the speech, I pway you, as I taught it to you, twippingwy on the tongue."

[@ruby994]

all over the world there are people who can't pronounce their 'R's, not just in Britain. I've lived here my whole life and practically everyone can pronounce their R's

[@Dream0Asylum]

This one guy probably has a minor speech impediment that might be complicated by his native accent. Johnathan Ross famously has an R to W speech impediment, but is able to speak perfect English in every other regard. I don't think it's going to catch on quite as you insinuate - like the Spanish lisp.

[@tabitha4135]

It’s called a lisp !

[@superjoyyable]

Define tRippingRy

[@SisteenChapelCathedral]

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