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Nation on Film : The Body Beautiful

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

New series 1/6.
Aspects of Britain's social history as captured on celluloid over the last 100 years. The inter-war years saw a craze for health and fitness. Rare archive footage and eyewitness accounts combine to demonstrate how people went about using diet and exercise to try to improve their sense of physical well-being.
Director/Producer Rosalind Bain First shown on BBC4
The final episode is on Friday at 8.30pm on BBC4
Danny Kelly on people's history: page 63

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Producer:
Rosalind Bain
Director:
Rosalind Bain
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