''A Picture of Britain'' is a 2005 BBC television

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presented by

David Dimbleby David Dimbleby (born 28 October 1938) is an English journalist and former presenter of current affairs and political programmes, best known for having presented the BBC topical debate programme ''Question Time''. He is the son of broadcaster ...

, which describes the British landscape and the art which it has inspired. In each of the six 1-hour episodes Dimbleby explores a different British region and discusses the ways that its landscape and culture have influenced

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, poets and composers. The series is shot in 16:9

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Episodes

# The Romantic North (5 June 2005) # The Flatlands (12 June 2005) # Highlands and Glens (19 June 2005) # The Heart of England (26 June 2005) # The Home Front (3 July 2005) # The Mystical West (10 July 2005)

Production

The series was produced in association with

Tate Britain Tate Britain, known from 1897 to 1932 as the National Gallery of British Art and from 1932 to 2000 as the Tate Gallery, is an art museum on Millbank in the City of Westminster in London, England. It is part of the Tate network of galleries in ...

; the accompanying 2005 book authored by Dimbleby has been published by Tate Publishing.

DVD release

The region 2

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release of the series is by Contender Home Entertainment. It has also been packaged as part of a box set together with series 1 of ''

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''.

External links

* * 2005 British television series debuts 2005 British television series endings Picture of Britain British television documentaries English-language television shows {{UK-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub