Picture of Britain, A
- Synopsis
- A series of six programmes in which David Dimbleby tours Britain, exploring artistic response to the landscape and contemplating subjects such as travel, nationhood and romantic yearning. Individual programmes cover the North, South, East and West of Britain, the Heart of England and the Highlands and Glens.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2005
- Year of production
- 2005
- Notes
- Broadcast in 5 weekly parts on BBC1 beginning 5/6/05
- Subjects
- Art; Geography
- Keywords
- history of art; landscapes; paintings - British; paintings - landscape paintings; physical geography; history of music
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- 24.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 360 minutes
- Year
- 2005
Sections
- Title
- Romantic North, The
- Synopsis
- The first programme in the series covers the Lake District. David Attenborough visits Gordale Scar, for years deemed unpaintable by even the most Romantic artists until James Ward came along and changed the history of art.
- Duration
- 60 mins
- Title
- Flatlands, The
- Synopsis
- David Attenborough visits East Anglia - Constable country, a land of mists, meadows, windmills and fenland; he goes to Newmarket, home of George Stubbs; takes to a balloon to view the Flatlands; sails the Norfolk Broads in 19th centrury style and confronts the murder scene of Dorothy Sayers’ The Nine Tailors.
- Duration
- 60 mins
- Title
- Highlands and Glens
- Synopsis
- This programme visits the Scottish Highlands, taking in Edwin Landseer’s Monarch of the Glen, and crosses the Irish Sea to examine the paintings of Paul Henry, who came to Achill for a holiday and stayed on for years. Dimbleby’s return trip takes him to the island of Staffa.
- Duration
- 60 mins
- Title
- Heart of England, The
- Synopsis
- David Dimbleby travels through the heartland of England exploring how landscape painters dramatised the early days of the Industrial Revolution, on to the mellow beauty of the Cotswold Hills towards the home of Edward Elgar who composed the nation’s most familiar anthems.
- Duration
- 60 mins
- Title
- Home Front, The
- Synopsis
- In this programme David Dimbleby explores the images that have helped define England - thatched cottages, rolling downs and hidden villages along the coast of Hampshire, Sussex and Kent. He sails through the the Solent which inspired JMW Turner’s seascapes and explores the hills immortalised by William Blake in Jerusalem.
- Duration
- 60 mins
- Title
- Mystical West, The
- Synopsis
- In Wales and the West Country, David Dimbleby experiences the mystery of crop circles, the spectacular mountain paintings of Richard Wilson in Snowdonia, the voices of a Welsh Male Voice Choir perched on a Welsh peak singing Land of Our Fathers, the drunken sprees of Dylan Thomas, the horror of the Hound of the Baskervilles and the melodrama of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca.
- Duration
- 60 mins
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Shop
- bbcshop@bbc.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.bbcshop.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0844 848 9799
- Fax
- 01795 414 555
- Address
- PO Box 308
Sittingbourne
ME9 8LW - Notes
- The BBC Shop closed on March 29th 2016. It was replaced by the BBC Store (www.bbcstore.com) where many BBC programmes can be bought and downloaded in digital format only. The BBC continues to make many of its programmes available on DVD and Blu-Ray but these are now only available from other online retailers.
- Name
E1 Home Entertainment
- smorgan@e1ent.com
- Web
- http://www.e1entertainmentuk.com/index.php?category_id=4 External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7907 3773
- Fax
- 020 7907 3777
- Address
- 120 New Cavendish Street
London
W1W 6XX - Notes
- Formerly known as Contender Entertainment, E1 Home Entertainment distributes contemporary film and television titles, many licensed from the BBC. Focuses particularly on long running series and one-off dramas released directly after transmission. DVD sale through retail outlets.
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