Britain From Above
Britain From Above
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Britain From Above

8.7 / 10
2008
1 season
7 episodes
Documentary

An epic journey revealing the secrets, patterns and hidden rhythms of our lives from a striking new perspective. Join host Andrew Marr as he discovers how each and every one of us is interconnecting making Britain what it is today. Britain looks very different from the skies. From a bird's eye view of the nation, its workings, cities, landscapes and peoples are revealed and re-discovered in new and extraordinary ways. Cutting edge technology allows you to see through cloud cover, navigate the landscape and witness familiar sights as never seen before.

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Seasons

  • 24 Hour Britain

    1.24 Hour Britain

    10-08-200860m

    From helicopters, planes, hang gliders and satellites, we see the picture of a nation constantly on the move with beautiful, varied and often mysterious landscapes. Swooping over t...

  • The City

    2.The City

    10-08-200860m

    Revealing the transformation of Britain's most important city: her capital, London. Starting with amazing Luftwaffe aerial photographs of the very first bombs of the Blitz falling...

  • Manmade Britain

    3.Manmade Britain

    17-08-200860m

    In East Anglia, Andrew Marr flies 10,000 feet above ground to locate a patchwork quilt of fields that produce a quarter of the country's wheat and barley. He also investigates how...

  • The Land

    4.The Land

    17-08-200860m

    In the heat of World War Two, 300,000 "unproductive" farms were commandeered by the government and tightly regimented to increase their output.

  • Untamed Britain

    5.Untamed Britain

    24-08-200860m

    Andrew Marr concludes his journey as he microlights and paraglides through the skies, getting a buzzard's eye view of the nation's untamed and untameable landscape. Along the way,...

  • The Industrial Landscape

    6.The Industrial Landscape

    24-08-200860m

    This final episode tells the story of how Britain's industrial heartlands have been transformed in the space of a single lifetime.

  • Satellite Earth

    7.Satellite Earth

    24-08-200860m

    Documentary telling the story of one satellite's journey into space and how global agencies and individuals are using satellites in all kinds of ways - farming their land from spac...

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