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BBC Two 2008 1 season 7 eps TV-G Ended

Britain From Above

2008 1 season 7 eps TV-G

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Season 1

30 min

S1 · E1 · Aug 10, 2008

24 Hour Britain Episode 1

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 towns and cities, allows Andrew Marr to see them from a new angle as he meets the people whose work takes them high above us to monitor and manage the networks that keep the country working.

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30 min

S1 · E2 · Aug 10, 2008

The City Episode 2

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 vulnerable city, the programme tracks the changes that came out of five years of bombing. Comparing exhaustive footage of London in the 40s with the city of today, the team see how great plans for urban renewal were stillborn and, instead, London rebuilt itself in an ad hoc way along old street patterns. The only exception to this was the dramatic city that rose from the derelict docklands.

30 min

S1 · E3 · Aug 17, 2008

Manmade Britain Episode 3

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 farmers are using military-style spy planes and GPS technology to monitor their crops, and faces his biggest challenge yet - a daunting plummet from an airborne plane in his first ever skydive.

7.5 · You

30 min

S1 · E4 · Aug 17, 2008

The Land Episode 4

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

30 min

S1 · E5 · Aug 24, 2008

Untamed Britain Episode 5

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 joins geologists, meteorologists, amateur photographers and festival goers to explore Britain's geology, the impact of the weather on our shores and the riches hidden beneath our feet.

30 min

S1 · E6 · Aug 24, 2008

The Industrial Landscape Episode 6

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

60 min

S1 · E7 · Aug 24, 2008

Satellite Earth Episode 7

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, locating ancient water supplies hidden deep beneath the most arid desert regions and tracking ocean currents and the global mechanisms of climate change.

7 episodes in Season 1

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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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Total runtime 7h 0m · Episode length 60 min · Type Documentary

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Premiered

August 10, 2008

Final episode

August 24, 2008

Status

Ended

Network

BBC Two

Country

United Kingdom

Type

Documentary

Episode length

60 min

Total runtime

7h 0m

Original language

English

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Spoken on screen

English

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