Britain From Above

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  • BBC Two
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24 Hour Britain
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Andrew Marr goes on an epic journey through a day in the life of Britain, as seen from the skies. From helicopters, planes, hang gliders and satellites, we see the picture of a nation .. show full overview
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The City
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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 on a .. show full overview
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Manmade Britain
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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 .. show full overview
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The Land
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In the heat of World War Two, 300,000 `unproductive' farms were commandeered by the government and tightly regimented to increase their output. In the second episode of BBC Two's .. show full overview
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Untamed Britain
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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, he .. show full overview
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The Industrial Landscape
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This final episode tells the story of how Britain's industrial heartlands have been transformed in the space of a single lifetime. In 1939 the Luftwaffe secretly photographed the .. show full overview
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Satellite Earth
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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 space, .. show full overview

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