ITV Documentaries

The Butlin's Story (2011x14)

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Documentary celebrating the 75th anniversary of the opening of Billy Butlin's first holiday camp in 1936. Holidaymaker David Bradshaw returns to the Skegness camp which he first visited on the day of its opening, while Silvia Collins remembers visiting Filey as a teenager after the war. Broadcaster David Jacobs recalls being stationed at Skegness after it was taken over by the armed forces during the Second World War, and the show reveals the story of Prince Philip's chalet during his wartime years at Pwllheli. Presenter and magician Stephen Mulhern talks about how working at Butlin's shaped him as a performer, and there are first-hand accounts of other stars who have passed through Butlin's over the years, including Status Quo, Kelly Holmes and Roy Hudd.