Reel History of Britain
Documentary·2011·1 Seasons
Reel History of Britain is a 20 part series being shown on BBC Two, presented by Melvyn Bragg and about the history of modern Britain; through the eyes of people who were there. It was shown from 5–30 September 2011. The programme is a social history documentary, charting the course of the twentieth century through archive film, plus interviews and recollections of key events that have taken place in the last one-hundred years, since the advent of moving film. In each episode, Bragg goes to a different place in the UK and shows people film in a 1950s Ministry of Technology mobile cinema, then gauges their reactions and captures them on film.
Starring: Melvyn Bragg
Episodes
Season 1
S01 | E01
Britain's Wartime Evacuees
2011-09-05
S01 | E02
Britain's First Teenagers
2011-09-06
S01 | E03
Soldier, Soldier
2011-09-07
S01 | E04
Britain's Black Diamonds
2011-09-08
S01 | E05
The Roaring Twenties
2011-09-09
S01 | E06
Britain's Home Guard
2011-09-12
S01 | E07
Britain's National Disgrace
2011-09-13
S01 | E08
Britain On the Move
2011-09-14
S01 | E09
The Glory Days of Fishing
2011-09-15
S01 | E10
Sun, Sea and Sangria
2011-09-16
S01 | E11
The Birth of the NHS
2011-09-19
S01 | E12
Steel Ships and Iron Men
2011-09-20
S01 | E13
A Right Royal Knees Up
2011-09-21
S01 | E14
Britain's Green and Pleasant Land
2011-09-22
S01 | E15
Britain's Secondary Modern Schools
2011-09-23
S01 | E16
Long to Reign Over Us
2011-09-26
S01 | E17
Streets in the Sky
2011-09-27
S01 | E18
The End of the Line
2011-09-28
S01 | E19
Dawn of a New Era
2011-09-29
S01 | E20
Beside the Seaside
2011-09-30
Cast
Melvyn Bragg