ITV1 2015 1 season 6 eps Ended

Britain as Seen on ITV

Name: Britain as Seen on ITV
Genre: Family, Documentary
Cast: Jane Horrocks

2015 1 season 6 eps

Season 1

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30 min

S1 · E1 · Aug 31, 2015

Home & the High Street Episode 1

This first edition looks at how the UK's homes and high streets have altered, with clips including a 1960s architect showing the unimpressed working-class residents of a terraced Northern street his vision for living in high-rise pods, and the reaction to the opening of an adult-only shop in 1970s Birmingham.

30 min

S1 · E2 · Sep 7, 2015

How We Got Around Episode 2

The programme trawls the ITV archives to see how the way people get from A to B has changed over the 60 years since the station first took to the air. Including a feature on the men with the task of building the M62 in the 1960s, a report about fishy goings-on on the buses of Wolverhampton in the 1970s and an item on the ill-fated Sinclair C5 from 1985.

30 min

S1 · E3 · Sep 14, 2015

Britain Always Had Talent Episode 3

A selection of clips from the ITV archives showing talented people from around the nation, including a search for budding singers in Wales in the 1960s. Plus, a report on how the man, woman and teenager on the street felt about the career of the Beatles and there is footage revealing how the disco craze hit these shore in the 1970s.

30 min

S1 · E4 · Sep 21, 2015

The Games People Played Episode 4

A selection of clips from the ITV archives showing Britain's hobbies and pastimes before the internet and boxed sets, including a 24 hour rock n' roll dance marathon in Warwickshire in the 1960s. Plus, a group of people who wanted to create the Wild West in the North West.

30 min

S1 · E5 · Sep 28, 2015

The Female of the Species Episode 5

A selection of clips showing how the representation of women on TV has changed over the past 60 years, including a report on the fashion craze of hot pants that asks whether men should be wearing them as well. Plus, a 1970s beauty contest where the contestants had the strangest of ambitions and a 1980s series from Scotland that encouraged women to take up DIY.

30 min

S1 · E6 · Oct 5, 2015

Rule Britannia Episode 6

A selection of clips from the past 60 years of ITV programmes celebrating things that the nation is famous for around the world. Including a 1960s report on the beloved Sunday roast, a look at the constantly changing face - and uniform - of the police force, and a feature revealing how people used to head into telephone boxes to find out the very latest weather forecast.

6 episodes in Season 1

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To help celebrate ITV's 60th anniversary Britain: Six decades of British life are recalled through archive footage, telling the story of the nation in a mosaic of clips from news programmes and documentaries. As Seen on ITV tells the story of our changing nation through extraordinary real-life footage seen on our screens over the last 60 years.

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Jane Horrocks

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Chicken Run

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Total runtime 3h 0m · Episode length 30 min · Type Documentary

Show info

Premiered

August 31, 2015

Final episode

October 5, 2015

Status

Ended

Network

ITV1

Country

United Kingdom

Type

Documentary

Episode length

30 min

Total runtime

3h 0m

Original language

English

Production

ITV

Production

United Kingdom

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Some details come from TheTVDB.

Britain as Seen on ITV