East London's Manor Garden Allotments have survived over a century but
now face extinction.

Located in the heart of the future Olympic Park, developers want to
flatten this productive oasis to create a pathway for the London 2012
Games.

But determined plot holders are campaigning hard to stay. They believe
the organizers who are touting the Games as the `Greenest Olympics
ever', are missing a golden opportunity to show off the allotments as
a shining example of sustainability.

The allotments have existed on this site ever since Maj Arthur
Villiers bought the land 'for the poor of Hackney' in the early 1900s.

Some plots have been handed down from generation to generation.
Others have been taken on by a new generation of budding gardeners.

As Baroness Sue Miller, an ally in the House of Lords, notes: "What
struck me when I went down there was what a community it is and that
takes decades to build up... It's the kind of thing the government
should do more to preserve."

And in this film that community is arguing that 100 years of history
is of equal importance to four weeks of sporting prowess.

Thanks to the persistence and determination of campaigners, plot
holders have staved off two eviction dates. But as bulldozers close
in, can the gardeners persuade the authorities to let them stay?

BROADCAST TIMES
Wednesday 21 Nov @ 9.00pm
Friday 23 Nov @ 7am (Freeview) / 7pm and 1.00am
Saturday 24 Nov @ 9.30 am / 3.30pm / 9.30pm / 3.30am