1930s
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14. Reel History of Britain: Britain's Green and Pleasant Land
A look back at the 1930s and how unmechanised rural life in Britain used to be.
4. Reel History of Britain: Britain's Black Diamonds
In south Wales, Melvyn Bragg looks back to the 1930s and salutes Britain's coal miners.
1. The Thirties in Colour: A World Away
Rosie Newman, who shot some of the most important colour documentary footage of the 1930s.
12. Reel History of Britain: Steel Ships and Iron Men
A look back to the 1930s when Britain's shipyards were fighting to survive.
7. Reel History of Britain: Britain's National Disgrace
A look back to the 1930s, when millions of Britons lived in the squalor of urban slums.
2. Out of the Blue: Episode 2
Graham Little and Joanne Salley find valuable railway posters and music from duo The 1930s
3. The Story of British Pathé: Entertaining Britain
A look at cinemagazines such as Pathe Pictorial, Eve's Film Review and Pathetone Weekly.
Britain Through a Lens: The Documentary Film Mob
The unlikely story behind the birth of the British documentary genre.
3. Art Deco Icons: Casa Del Rio
David Heathcote visits Casa Del Rio, an Art Deco fantasy house in rural Devon.
2. Art Deco Icons: London Transport
David Heathcote uncovers the controversial story of the London Transport HQ.
High Flyers: How Britain Took to the Air
A celebration of the golden age of air travel when Britain ruled the skies.
1. Glamour's Golden Age: The Luxe Experience
How 1920s and 30s architecture and design created and reflected the spirit of the age.
1. Art Deco Icons: Claridge's
At Claridge's Hotel in Mayfair, David Heathcote enjoys the glamour of the Deco fumoir.