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Reel History of Britain (2011)

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Reel History of Britain

2011

Reel History of Britain is a 20 part series being shown on BBC Two, presented by Melvyn Bragg and about the history of modern Britain; through the eyes of people who were there. It was shown from 5–30 September 2011. The programme is a social history documentary, charting the course of the twentieth century through archive film, plus interviews and recollections of key events that have taken place in the last one-hundred years, since the advent of moving film. In each episode, Bragg goes to a different place in the UK and shows people film in a 1950s Ministry of Technology mobile cinema, then gauges their reactions and captures them on film.

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Seasons 1 : 2011

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18 Episode

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Episode 14 - Britain's Green and Pleasant Land
September. 22,2011

Melvyn Bragg is in Kent to look back at films of rural life from the 1930s.

Episode 19 - Dawn of a New Era
September. 29,2011

In Manchester, he looks at the first films made in the early 1900s.

Episode 20 - Beside the Seaside
September. 30,2011

The last stop is Blackpool, as we look at seaside holidays in the 1950s.

Reel History of Britain is a 20 part series being shown on BBC Two, presented by Melvyn Bragg and about the history of modern Britain; through the eyes of people who were there. It was shown from 5–30 September 2011. The programme is a social history documentary, charting the course of the twentieth century through archive film, plus interviews and recollections of key events that have taken place in the last one-hundred years, since the advent of moving film. In each episode, Bragg goes to a different place in the UK and shows people film in a 1950s Ministry of Technology mobile cinema, then gauges their reactions and captures them on film.

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