Landshapes: In Search Of The Stiperstones

Record ID: 126996
  • Title: Landshapes: In Search Of The Stiperstones
  • Date: 7th August 1990
  • Summary: PRESENTER TIM PREECE REVISITS HIS CHILDHOOD HAUNTS IN SHROPSHIRE AT THE START OF HIS SEVEN-PART TELLING OF THE STORY OF OUR LANDSCAPE. FILMED FROM THE AIR THROUGHOUT ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES AND IRELAND, THE SERIES SHOWS THE BUILDING- BLOCKS THE LANDSCAPE IS MADE OF, AND THE PROCESSES THAT HAVE SHAPED THEM. THIS PROGRAMME TELLS HOW THE LANDSCAPE IS NOT FIXED, BUT CONSTANTLY CHANGES: IN SUDDEN CATASTROPHES LIKE 1884 COLCHESTER EARTHQUAKE, AS WELL AS IN PROCESSES TAKING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF YEARS LIKE THOSE THAT HAVE DESTROYED MOUNTAINS AS BIG AS THE HIMALAYAS, TO LEAVE THE TORS OF DARTMOOR AS THEIR ONLY REMAINS.
  • 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 1
  • Transmission Date:07/08/1990
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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