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The Secret Life of the Motorway

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Emma Hindley

Gaby Hornsby

Clare Sillery

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The Secret Life of the Motorway: Episode 2: The Honeymoon Period

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Episode 2: The Honeymoon Period

The Honeymoon Period

BBC Four - The Secret Life of the Motorway, The Honeymoon Period

How motorways transformed where we live, work and play in Britain over the last 50 years.

Documentary series celebrating Britain's motorways. This edition explores how they have transformed where Brits live, work and play over the last 50 years.

The second episode in this evocative series about Britain's motorways explores how they have transformed where we live, work and play in Britain over the last 50 years. 

From unbelievably glamorous early service stations to contemporary shopping centres with the infrastructure of a small town, this enthralling film is a journey through the wonderful and the weird places motorways have taken us. 

Contributors include seminal planner Sir Peter Hall, author Will Self, caravanners, hitchhikers and commuters, all on our eagerness to accelerate down the slip road and the social changes that have followed.

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Three-part documentary which celebrates the birth of motorways.

Three-part documentary which celebrates the birth of motorways and hails the achievements of those behind the 'road revolution'.

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