
Falling in Love
Documentary series celebrating Britain's motorways. This first part includes interviews with the engineers and builders who designed and created the first motorway.
Documentary series which celebrates the birth of motorways and hails the achievements of those behind the 'road revolution'. The first episode takes us from the excitement of the building of the first motorway in Britain, the M6 Preston By-pass, to the celebration of the most complex, Spaghetti Junction.
With amazing archive and often hilarious public information films, we take a trip back to a time when not only were motorways exciting and new, but there was also no speed limit. Interviews with the engineers who designed them, the navvies who built them and the people who drove on them bring to life and celebrate an achievement that we now take so much for granted.
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Designing the M1
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Laurie Johnson
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Philip Glenister |
| Series Producer | Emma Hindley |
| Director | Emma Hindley |
| Executive Producer | Clare Sillery |
Broadcasts
- Tue 21 Aug 200721:00
- Wed 22 Aug 200701:10
- Wed 22 Aug 200703:10
- Fri 24 Aug 200722:40
- Fri 21 Sep 200700:20
- Thu 25 Oct 200700:00
- Sun 18 Nov 200722:00
- Wed 2 Jan 200800:10
- Sun 22 Jun 200819:00
- Mon 23 Jun 200801:45
- Wed 18 Feb 200920:00
- Mon 3 Aug 200922:30
- Sun 27 Dec 200900:10
- Wed 12 Jan 201122:00
- Tue 24 Jul 201221:00
- Wed 25 Jul 201201:50
- Mon 27 Apr 201522:30
- Sun 30 Apr 201720:00
- Tue 2 May 201701:30
- Mon 21 May 201823:00
- Tue 1 Feb 202221:00
- Wed 2 Feb 202202:30
- Tue 11 Oct 202200:00
- Fri 14 Oct 202202:25
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