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Bird's Eye View

1969

3 seasons

9 episodes

A series of films with a new perspective on Britain - from the air.

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Alan Dobie

Ep 1
1.The Englishman's Home
05-04-1969
The poet John Betjeman surveys house and garden through the centuries. Fortified castle, stately palace, village cottage, suburban semi and tower block - all seen from an aerial vi...
Ep 2
2.Man on the Move
25-05-1969
Transport from the Iron Age to the Helicopter Age, from ridgeways to canals, railways to motorways. What we have gained and what we have lost in our search for speed.
Ep 3
3.A Green and Pleasant Land
22-06-1969
A journey up the spine of England, the 250-mile Pennine Way, along much of England's most striking countryside, and through every danger that threatens it.
Ep 4
4.The Island Fortress
26-10-1969
The fortifications that have successfully defended this island against invasion from Caesar to Hitler - and beyond. John Terraine surveys Roman forts, mediaeval castles, 19th centu...
Ep 5
5.John Bull's Workshop
30-11-1969
Historian Correlli Barnett traces the rise of British industry from early beginnings,in monks' forges and weaver villages, to pit heads and power stations, jump jets and the launch...
Ep 6
6.Beside the Seaside
25-12-1969
From Cornish clifftops, wild and bare, to crowds at Weston-super-Mare, whatever paddles, surfs or sails, braves the waves or rides the gales; Bournemouth, Butlin's and Torquay - th...

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