Bird's Eye View

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  E1Wales: The Western Stronghold

  Feb 28, 1971
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  E2Episode 2
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  E3A Land for All Seasons

  Apr 18, 1971

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  E1The Englishman's HomeFinale

  Apr 5, 1969

  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.

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  E2Man on the Move

  May 25, 1969

  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.

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  E3A Green and Pleasant Land

  Jun 22, 1969

  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.

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  E4The Island Fortress

  Oct 26, 1969

  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.

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  E5John Bull's Workshop

  Nov 30, 1969

  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.

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  E6Beside the Seaside

  Dec 25, 1969

  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.