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Britain from Above

Britain from Above

Description: In a six-part miniseries, journalist Andrew Marr presents the U.K. from a strikingly new perspective. He takes to the skies to research past and present British life, from how London looked in the 1940s compared to modern times, to the changes in the nation's industrial landscape. Given a bird's eye view, Marr shows how Britain looks very different from above, its workings, cities, landscapes and peoples revealed and re-discovered in new and extraordinary ways. Advanced technology also allows viewers to see through cloud cover and witness familiar sights as never seen before.
Genre: Documentary
Year Released: 2008
Number of seasons: 1
Number of episodes: 7
First episode air date: August 10, 2008
Awards: International Digital Emmy Award - Non-Fiction
Narrated By: Andrew Marr
Networks: BBC, BBC One, BBC Four, BBC Two
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