Landshapes: Twenty Long Winters

Record ID: 126994
  • Title: Landshapes: Twenty Long Winters
  • Date: 21st August 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. IN THIS PROGRAMME PRESENTER TIM PREECE LOOKS AT THE EFFECT ON THE SHAPE OF THE LAND OF TWENTY OR MORE ADVANCES AND RETREATS BY POLAR ICE THOUSANDS OF FEET THICK. EVEN NOW, THERE IS A PATCH OF SNOW ON BEN NEVIS THAT HAS NOT COMPLETELY MELTED FOR SIXTY YEARS, AND IT WOULD TAKE A DROP OF ONLY TWO DEGREES CENTIGRADE FOR GLACIERS TO FORM IN THE HIGHLANDS.
  • 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 3
  • Transmission Date:21/08/1990
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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