A Picture of Britain
Appearance
A Picture of Britain | |
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Written by | David Dimbleby |
Directed by | Sally Benton Nicky Illis |
Presented by | David Dimbleby |
Starring | John Lundberg Vera Lynn Lady Mary Soames |
Theme music composer | Andrew Blaney |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Basil Comely |
Producer | Sally Benton |
Cinematography | Fred Fabre Mike Garner Chris Hartley |
Editors | Andrea Carnevali Joanna Crickmay |
Running time | 57 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 5 June 10 July 2005 | –
A Picture of Britain is a 2005 BBC Television documentary series presented by David Dimbleby, which describes the British landscape and the art which it has inspired. In each of the six 1-hour episodes Dimbleby explores a different British region and discusses the ways that its landscape and culture have influenced painters, poets and composers.
The series is shot in 16:9 widescreen.
Episodes
[edit]- The Romantic North (5 June 2005)
- The Flatlands (12 June 2005)
- Highlands and Glens (19 June 2005)
- The Heart of England (26 June 2005)
- The Home Front (3 July 2005)
- The Mystical West (10 July 2005)
Production
[edit]The series was produced in association with Tate Britain; the accompanying 2005 book authored by Dimbleby has been published by Tate Publishing.
DVD release
[edit]The region 2 DVD release of the series is by Contender Home Entertainment. It has also been packaged as part of a box set together with series 1 of Coast.
External links
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