Landshapes: Water And Weight

Record ID: 126992
  • Title: Landshapes: Water And Weight
  • Date: 4th September 1990
  • Summary: FILMED FROM THE AIR THROUGHOUT ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES AND IRELAND, THE SERIES TELLS THE STORY OF THE LANDSCAPE: THE BUILDING-BLOCKS IT IS MADE OF, AND THE PROCESSES THAT HAVE SHAPED IT, AND STILL DO. RAIN, THE RIVERS IT GENERATES, AND THE FORCE OF GRAVITY COMBINE TO EXERT CONSTANT CHANGE IN THE LANDSCAPE, AS PRESENTER TIM PREECE FINDS OUT ON A VISIT TO THE DORSET COAST IN THIS PROGRAMME. GREAT BRITAIN HAS 11,000 KNOWN LANDSLIDES, INCLUDING EUROPE'S BIGGEST MUDSLIDE, BLACK VEN, THE SPECTACULAR STORR ON THE ISLE OF SKYE, AND GARRON POINT AT IRELAND'S NORTH-EASTERN TIP.
  • Description:A SERIES COMIBINING AERIAL FILM OF THE BRITISH LANDSCAPE WITH COMPUTER-GENERATEDGRAPHICS TO EXPLAIN THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE BRITISH ISLES.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:LANDMARK FILMS LTD
  • Programme Episode:Episode 5
  • Transmission Date:04/09/1990
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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