Britain in a Day

Jun 11 2012 N/A NA
Documentary

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.

Plot

A peek into the lives of the British, in their own words, on an ordinary day in November 2011.

Written by

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Directed by

Morgan Matthews, Saranne Bensusan, Andrea Dalla Costa

Cast

Jonathan Berry, Lee John Blackmore, Marie Deenmamode

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

BBC

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 nominations total

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# of Votes
128
Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
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