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Release Date:
June 10, 2012
Original Title:
Britain in a Day
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
BBC
Scott Free Productions
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
On Saturday 12 November 2011, an eclectic range of British people turned the camera on themselves, capturing the entertaining and mundane, the exciting and unusual, the poignant and the everyday. The result, Britain in a Day tells the fascinating story of the British public in their own words. Following on from the feature film Life in a Day, this 90-minute film directed by BAFTA winner Morgan Matthews offers an extraordinarily candid look at 21st-century life across the UK, crafted from over 750 hours of footage, including 11,526 clips submitted to YouTube. The documentary offers remarkable insight into the lives, loves, fears and hopes of people living in Britain today. This captivating self-portrait of Britain forms part of the BBC's Cultural Olympiad.
Additional Music:
Jon Opstad
Roger Goula
Co-Director:
Saranne Bensusan
Co-Producer:
Jack Arbuthnott
Director:
Morgan Matthews
Editor:
Peter Christelis
Executive Producer:
Ridley Scott
Line Producer:
Ann Lynch
Music Consultant:
Kirsten Lane
Music Supervisor:
Nick Angel
Original Music Composer:
Martin Phipps
Post Production Supervisor:
Ann Lynch
Producer:
Liza Marshall
Sound Editor:
Hugo Adams
Sound Effects Editor:
Danny Freemantle
Supervising Sound Editor:
Glenn Freemantle
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