Britain in a Day

6.7 / 10

(7 votes)

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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

90 minutes

Year:

2012

Director:

Morgan Matthews

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Company:

BBC,

Scott Free Productions

Cast:
Jack Keane

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Jonathan Berry

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Lee John Blackmore

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Marie Deenmamode

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Lawrence Mallinson

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Crew:
Saranne Bensusan

Co-Director

Jack Arbuthnott

Co-Producer

Peter Christelis

Editor

Danny Freemantle

Sound Effects Editor

Ridley Scott

Executive Producer