- Title: J'Accuse 8
- Date: 28th February 1995
- Summary: THE NATIONAL TRUST: IN THIS CENTENARY YEAR OF THE NATIONAL TRUST, DESIGN WRITER STEPHEN BAYLEY ACCUSES IT OF BEING SO SUCCESSFUL THAT IT IS A DANGER TO OUR CULTURE. HE FEELS THAT THE NATIONAL TRUST NANNIES HISTORY, REPACKAGING HERITAGE AS A CONSOLLING AND EMOTIONALLY ENGINEERED FORM OF HUMBLE ELEGANCE. HE ARGUES THAT ITS VERY SUCCESS AT PRESERVING OLD BUILDINGS EFFECTIVELY KILLS THEM, BY FREEZING THEM AT A PARTICULAR MOMENT IN THEIR HISTORY AND PREVENTING THEM FROM HAVING ANY LIFE OR FUTURE. IN TURN THIS ENCOURAGES THE REST OF US TO SEE OUR CULTURE AS SOMETHING WE INHERIT, NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING OURSELVES.
- Description:THE ARTS STRAND THAT DARES TO SAY NON RETURNS WITH J'ACCUSE ITALY,J'ACCUS LONDON AND A.N. OTHER.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:FULMAR WEST LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:28/02/1995
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s