Beside the Seaside
Archive footage telling the history of modern Britain. Melvyn Bragg looks back to the 1950s and the heyday of the British seaside holiday.
Melvyn Bragg, accompanied by a vintage mobile cinema, travels across the country to show incredible footage preserved by the British Film Institute and other national and regional film archives, to tell the history of modern Britain.
Melvyn is in Blackpool looking back to the 1950s to celebrate the heyday of the British seaside holiday.
Elaine Greeley shares her memories of a honeymoon spent at the British seaside and shows the British knack for having a good time, whatever the weather. Les Dennis talks about his lifelong relationship with Blackpool and salutes seaside entertainment which inspired him to become an entertainer. And Dame Sandra Burslem is transported back to her youth, when she appeared in a 1957 film shot in her home town of Blackpool.
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Les Dennis's Blackpool memories
Duration: 01:19
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Reginald Dixon
I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside
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Phil Kelsall
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White / Por Favor
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Melvyn Bragg |
| Series Producer | Dympna Jackson |
| Executive Producer | Ruth Pitt |
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