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| '''''Round Britain Whizz''''' was an 1986 half-hour long programme in the BBC science series ]. It consisted of a speeded up flight around the coastline of ] with guest appearences from geologists and TV personalities including ], ] and ] telling us about the geology and natural history of certain areas. | |||
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| A 1986 episode of the ] science tv series '']'' which took us on a high speed journey of the coastline of ] in half an hour. The series was filmed using a mounted camera on the back of a ] which was placed at the rear of the aircraft facing backwards, and reversed, because of the possibility of flies getting on the lens. | |||
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| ⚫ | In 1988 an extended 2 hour version was broadcast around Christmas. This version had different narrators for the three countries or Britain; ] for England, ] for Scotland and ] for Wales. Additional narration came from Sir ] and ] amongst others. | ||
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Round Britain Whizz was an 1986 half-hour long programme in the BBC science series QED. It consisted of a speeded up flight around the coastline of Great Britain with guest appearences from geologists and TV personalities including Patrick Moore, David Bellamy and Terry Wogan telling us about the geology and natural history of certain areas.
The Shape of The Nation
In 1988 an extended 2 hour version was broadcast around Christmas. This version had different narrators for the three countries or Britain; John Westbrook for England, Sally Magnusson for Scotland and Clay Jones for Wales. Additional narration came from Sir Alec Rose and Frank Hennesey amongst others.