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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- BBC, Scott Free Productions
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Top Cast
Jack Keane as Self
Jonathan Berry as Self
Lee John Blackmore as Self
Marie Deenmamode as Self
Lawrence Mallinson as Self
Top Crew
Morgan Matthews · Director
Martin Phipps · Composer
Peter Christelis · Editor
Liza Marshall · Producer
Ridley Scott · Executive Producer
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