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A Picture of Britain | |
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Written by | David Dimbleby |
Directed by | Sally Benton Nicky Illis |
Presented by | David Dimbleby |
Starring | John Lundberg Vera Lynn Lady Mary Soames |
Theme music composer | Andrew Blaney |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Basil Comely |
Producer | Sally Benton |
Cinematography | Fred Fabre Mike Garner Chris Hartley |
Editors | Andrea Carnevali Joanna Crickmay |
Running time | 57 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 5 June – 10 July 2005 |
A Picture of Britain is a 2005 BBC Television documentary series presented by David Dimbleby, which describes the British landscape and the art which it has inspired. [1] In each of the six 1-hour episodes Dimbleby explores a different British region and discusses the ways that its landscape and culture have influenced painters, poets and composers.
The series is shot in 16:9 widescreen.
The series was produced in association with Tate Britain, who held a similarly named exhibition to accompany the TV series. [2] In addition Dimbleby authored an accompanying book, which was published by Tate Publishing.[ citation needed ]
The region 2 DVD release of the series is by Contender Home Entertainment. It has also been packaged as part of a box set together with series 1 of Coast .