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Reel History of Britain is a 20 part series presented by Melvyn Bragg about the history of modern Britain through the eyes of people who were there. It was first broadcast on BBC Two, from 5–30 September 2011. The programme is a social history documentary charting the course of the twentieth century through archive film, plus interviews and recollections of key events that have taken place in the last one-hundred years since the advent of moving film.
Original Release
09/05/2011 on BBC
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Melvyn Bragg | Self - Presenter |
| Les Dennis | Self - Interviewee |
| Derek Martin | Self |
| John Krish | Self |
| Jimmy Perry | Self - Interviewee |
| Charlie Luxton | Self |
| Marty Wilde | Self |
| Pete Waterman | Self - Interviewee |
| Simon Calder | Self |
| Jonathan Dimbleby | Self |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Britain's Wartime Evacuees | Monday, 05 September 2011 |
| 2 | Britain's First Teenagers | Tuesday, 06 September 2011 |
| 3 | Soldier, Soldier | Wednesday, 07 September 2011 |
| 4 | Britain's Black Diamonds | Thursday, 08 September 2011 |
| 5 | The Roaring Twenties | Friday, 09 September 2011 |
| 6 | Britain's Home Guard | Monday, 12 September 2011 |
| 7 | Bitain's National Disgrace | Tuesday, 13 September 2011 |
| 8 | Britain on the Move | Wednesday, 14 September 2011 |
| 9 | The Glory Days of Fishing | Thursday, 15 September 2011 |
| 10 | Sun, Sea and Sangria | Friday, 16 September 2011 |
| 11 | The Birth of the NHS | Monday, 19 September 2011 |
| 12 | Steel Ships and Iron Men | Tuesday, 20 September 2011 |
| 13 | A Right Royal Knees-Up | Wednesday, 21 September 2011 |
| 14 | Britain's Green and Pleasant Land | Thursday, 22 September 2011 |
| 15 | Britain's Secondary Modern Schools | Friday, 23 September 2011 |
| 16 | Long to Reign Over Us | Monday, 26 September 2011 |
| 17 | Streets in the Sky | Tuesday, 27 September 2011 |
| 18 | The End of the Line | Wednesday, 28 September 2011 |
| 19 | Dawn of a New Era | Thursday, 29 September 2011 |
| 20 | Beside the Seaside | Friday, 30 September 2011 |
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Melvyn Bragg | Self - Presenter |
| Les Dennis | Self - Interviewee |
| Derek Martin | Self |
| John Krish | Self |
| Jimmy Perry | Self - Interviewee |
| Charlie Luxton | Self |
| Marty Wilde | Self |
| Pete Waterman | Self - Interviewee |
| Simon Calder | Self |
| Jonathan Dimbleby | Self |
| Charlie Cairoli Jr. | Self |
| Jane Rayne | Self |
| Sue Baker | Self |
| Hugo Vickers | Self |
| Yvonne Shaw | Self - 'Our School' |
| Peter Dimmock | Self |
| Marylin Webb | Self - Interviewee |
| Tony Benson | Self |
| Adrian Harding | Self |
| Brian Mott | Self |
