Britain in a Day (2012)
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.
Director: Morgan Matthews
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Jack Keane as Self |
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Jonathan Berry as Self |
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Lee John Blackmore as Self |
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Marie Deenmamode as Self |
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Lawrence Mallinson as Self |
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Jonathan Proud as Self |
| Production | Ann Lynch | Line Producer |
| Directing | Saranne Bensusan | Co-Director |
| Production | Jack Arbuthnott | Co-Producer |
| Crew | Jon Opstad | Additional Music |
| Sound | Danny Freemantle | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Glenn Freemantle | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Liza Marshall | Producer |
| Crew | Ann Lynch | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Nick Angel | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Hugo Adams | Sound Editor |
| Production | Ridley Scott | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Peter Christelis | Editor |
| Crew | Roger Goula | Additional Music |
| Directing | Morgan Matthews | Director |
| Sound | Martin Phipps | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Kirsten Lane | Music Consultant |