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http://www.bbc.co.uk/britainfromabove

New documentary series in which Andrew Marr journeys across the country, revealing the habits, rhythms and secrets ... of British life, visible only from a bird's-eye view. In this first edition, the broadcaster takes note of how the supply-and-demand culture of modern Britain expresses itself on the landscape through all the invisible networks that keep the population warm, fed and watered.

Part 1
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v15562013254ND8M7

Part 2
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v15562016cYMy6nfS
watusi512
Wow! Truly flabbergasting!! I was mesmerized by this!
horsehead
More links, now complete. Above Veoh link is Episode 1 in 2 parts

Episode 1: 24-Hour Britain
This first episode explores one day in the life of the British. Data from satellites exposes the great migrations across the nation on land, at sea and in the air. The documentary reveals a bird's eye view of the great water, electricity and telephone networks that keep the country working in a never-ending chain of supply and demand.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-325239185620206520
or
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4044538308765755748


Episode 2: Man-Made Britain
Andrew Marr experiences his biggest adventure yet, plummeting from an airplane in his first-ever sky-dive – all in the name of exploring the nation from above. During the course of his travels, Andrew discovers how some of the greenest, most natural-seeming landscapes across the country have actually been shaped by human hands.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1737012984490910089
or
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5908668439284755646


Episode 3: Untamed Britain
Andrew Marr microlights and paraglides through the skies, getting a buzzard's eye view of the nation's untamed and untameable landscape, in the final instalment of Britain From Above. He joins geologists, meteorologists, amateur photographers and festival-goers to explore Britain's geology, the impact of the weather on these shores and the riches hidden beneath our feet.
The series concludes at Glastonbury Festival: Britain in microcosm. For three days, a miniature society flowers which is crowded, cheerful, dirty, mildly anarchic and with a transport system that only just works...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2337784727145103514
or
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=72385328384302792
cnon
veehd flash


24 Hour Britain
http://veehd.com/video/1663126

Manmade Britain
http://veehd.com/video/1664498

Untamed Britain
http://veehd.com/video/1664505


Extra - The City
http://veehd.com/video/1665600

Extra - The Land
http://veehd.com/video/1665605

Extra - The Industrial Landscape
http://veehd.com/video/1666172
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