Bird's Eye View – Season 1
Episodes
The Englishman's Home
The poet John Betjeman surveys house and garden through the centuries. Fortified castle, stately palace, village cottage, suburban semi and tower block - all seen from an aerial view that is romantic, poetic, and sometimes quite outspoken.
Man on the Move
Transport from the Iron Age to the Helicopter Age, from ridgeways to canals, railways to motorways. What we have gained and what we have lost in our search for speed.
A Green and Pleasant Land
A journey up the spine of England, the 250-mile Pennine Way, along much of England's most striking countryside, and through every danger that threatens it.
The Island Fortress
The fortifications that have successfully defended this island against invasion from Caesar to Hitler - and beyond. John Terraine surveys Roman forts, mediaeval castles, 19th century coastal defences, radar installations, rocket launchers.
John Bull's Workshop
Historian Correlli Barnett traces the rise of British industry from early beginnings,in monks' forges and weaver villages, to pit heads and power stations, jump jets and the launch of Britain's largest ship.
Beside the Seaside
From Cornish clifftops, wild and bare, to crowds at Weston-super-Mare, whatever paddles, surfs or sails, braves the waves or rides the gales; Bournemouth, Butlin's and Torquay - the Seaside seen as History.