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Richard Macer

Chris Durlacher

Behind the Scenes at the Museum: Episode 1: Commercial Vehicle Museum

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At the British Commercial Vehicle Museum, a mutiny is brewing over the new leader's plans.

Series about museums struggling to connect with a modern audience. At the British Commercial Vehicle Museum a storm is brewing over the new leader's plans.

Series in which acclaimed filmmaker Richard Macer visits three different museums struggling to connect with a modern audience.

At the British Commercial Vehicle Museum in Lancashire, a mutiny is brewing over the appointment of a new leader. The museum is the last link to Leyland Trucks, one of the nation's great manufacturing giants, but just as Leyland fell victim to industrial action in the 70s and 80s now history is in danger of repeating itself at the Commercial Vehicle Museum too.

The first thing new leader Stephen Bullock wants to do is bring back the Leyland festival. For many years this was the town's way of celebrating its industrial might with a procession of lorries and buses, but after the factory closed the carnival was cancelled.

However, not everyone approves of these new changes at the museum. Some of the many longstanding volunteers are vehicle enthusiasts who think the museum should stay just the way it is. But will it survive if it doesn't change?

Macer spent six months filming amidst the gleaming lorries and double decker buses and observed as a bitter row erupted between the new leader and the head of the volunteers.

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Richard Macer visits three different museums struggling to connect with a modern audience

Series in which acclaimed filmmaker Richard Macer visits three different museums struggling to connect with a modern audience

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