Britain from Above
Revealing the transformation of Britain through the ages
Britain from Above - 24 Hour Britain
Andrew Marr views Britain from the skies. From helicopters, planes, hang gliders and satellites, he looks at the picture of a nation constantly on the move.
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Britain from Above - Manmade Britain
Andrew Marr goes on a journey to discover how some of the greenest landscapes in the British Isles were shaped and moulded by human hands down the centuries.
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Britain from Above - Satellite Earth
The story of one satellite's journey into space and how global agencies and individuals are using them in many ways, from monitoring climate change to locating water supplies.
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Britain from Above - The City
Revealing the transformation of London. Comparing exhaustive footage of London in the 40s with the city of today, we see how great plans for urban renewal were stillborn.
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Britain from Above - The Industrial Landscape
The story of how Britain's industrial heartlands have changed, comparing images from 1939 with ones from 2008. The scale and speed of change is apparent.
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Britain from Above - The Land
Revealing the transformation of East Anglia, which found its agriculture and landscape quickly industrialised to cope with the changes of the Second World War.
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Britain from Above - Untamed Britain
Andrew Marr microlights and paraglides through the skies, getting a buzzard's eye view of the nation's untamed and untameable landscape, geology and weather.
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