Wednesday 26 October 2011

Britain from Above

For those of you who never saw the series on BBC Two, I highly recommend 'Britain from Above'. It was a very interesting documentary show talking about various aspects of Britain, incuding industy, land, transport and cities. It looks at how our country has changed over the years, our consumer lifestyles and the way we live.
The first episode is called The Industrial Landscape and is "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 backbone of the British economy: the valleys of South Wales where the great coalfields powered the nation; Swindon, at the heart of Britain's railway network; and Manchester, home to the great port of Salford and the world's largest industrial estate Trafford Park." (Taken from the BBC website)

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