Disappearing Britain
3x60 mins
Using remarkable unseen BFI archive Disappearing Britain sees Sarah Lancashire look at the demise of the Great British Holiday tradition of Wakes Weeks and the English Holiday Camp, Ricky Tomlinson takes a passionately personal look at the decline of the UK’s coal industry and Wendy Craig goes in search of how the rituals associated with nation's favourite beverage have changed since the days when everything stopped for tea.
Produced in association with Testimony Films and the British Film Institute.
Production Information
Broadcaster: five/The History Channel
TX Date: November 2006
Total Episodes: 3
Duration: 60 mins
Executive Producer(s): Richard Shaw, Richard Bradley, Steve Humphries
Presenter(s): Sarah Lancashire, Ricky Tomlinson, Wendy Craig
Useful Links: Five