1975: Pie and mash gets the luxury treatment

A central London restaurant was on a mission to bring pie and mash to a more affluent clientele. At Desmond's Palais de Pies, the East End favourite was being prepared by an Italian cordon bleu chef, leaving reporter Patrick Stenson with the enviable task of giving it a taste.

Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 22 October 1975.

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