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Britain from Above

Episode 5: Untamed Britain

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Andrew Marr microlights and paraglides through the skies, getting a buzzard's eye view of the nation's untamed and untameable landscape, geology and weather. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Executive Producer:
Nick Catliff

Britain from Above

Episode 3: Man-made Britain

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Andrew Marr goes on a journey to discover how some of the greenest landscapes in the British Isles were shaped and moulded by human hands down the centuries. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Director:
Mark Radice
Executive Producer:
Nick Catliff

Britain from Above

Episode 1: 24 Hour Britain

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Andrew Marr views Britain from the skies. From helicopters, planes, hang gliders and satellites, he looks at the picture of a nation constantly on the move. Show more

Britain from Above

Episode 6: The Industrial Landscape

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

The story of how Britain's industrial heartlands have changed, comparing images from 1939 with ones from 2008. The scale and speed of change is apparent. Show more

Britain from Above

Episode 2: The City

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Revealing the transformation of London. Comparing exhaustive footage of London in the 40s with the city of today, we see how great plans for urban renewal were stillborn. Show more

Britain from Above

Episode 4: The Land

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Revealing the transformation of East Anglia, which found its agriculture and landscape quickly industrialised to cope with the changes of the Second World War. Show more