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Britain's First Photo Album

Episode 9: Hartlepool to Whitby

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

The Victorian photographer Francis Frith spent the best part of his life documenting Britain. His aim was to photograph every city, every town and every village in the land. He and his team took tens of thousands of pictures and left us with an invaluable record of a Britain frozen in time. Now, John Sergeant is attempting to follow in Frith and his team's footsteps, finding out what has changed, what has stayed the same and what has gone forever, and he unravels some of the mysteries of this unique archive.

This time, John's journey continues along the north east coast, where he searches for a missing rock formation in Hartlepool, visits the Victorian seaside resort of Saltburn-by-the Sea and meets a family in Whitby whose ancestors were captured on camera over 120 years ago. To complete his travels John also takes four photographs to capture the modern setting of the Frith pictures. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
John Sergeant
Executive Producer:
Richard Farmbrough
Series Producer:
Stephen Taylor Woodrow

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