Duration: 29'17''
Comparing exhaustive footage of London in the 40s with the city of today.
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1: 24 Hour Britain | Britain from Above
Andrew Marr goes on a journey through a day in the life of Britain as seen from the skies.
3: Man Made Britain | Britain from Above
Andrew Marr discovers how some of Britain's greenest landscapes were shaped by humans.
4: The Land | Britain from Above
Comparing exhaustive footage of East Anglia in the 1940s with the countryside of today.
5: Untamed Britain | Britain from Above
Andrew Marr microlights and paraglides to get a bird's eye view of our untamed landscape.
6: The Industrial Landscape | Britain from Above
Comparing footage of Britain's industrial landscape in the 1940s with today.
Docklands regeneration | Britain from Above
Andrew Marr details how the London Docklands went through regeneration, turning it into a financial centre of the globe.
Bidding for housing | Manctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom
After being evicted, a mother bids on the affordable housing website and hopes to win a suitable home for her kids.
Episode 1 | Commonwealth City
It's 2010 - four years to go to the Commonwealth Games, much of which will take place in Dalmarnock in the East End of Glasgow.
Episode 1 | The Tower
Five years after Lewisham council sold off one of its riverside tower blocks to be turned into chic apartments, the transformation of the Tower is due ...
Episode 2 | Commonwealth City
The fortunes of the community in Dalmarnock. Steven's future looks uncertain when his job comes to an end. And Darren receives some devastating...
Episode 2 | Manctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom
Property developer Tim hits a million-pound problem in the mill he is converting into apartments, while less than a mile a...
Episode 2 | The Tower
The last tenant has been removed from the ex-council tower block and the developers can now start the renovation.
Episode 3 | Commonwealth City
The fortunes of the community in Dalmarnock. After securing funds for a new community centre, councillor Yvonne must find available land for it...
Episode 3 | Manctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom
As towers rise on the skyline, homeless people and low-income earners are often forced into shelters when the city's affor...
Episode 3 | The Tower
Inside the Tower, the interior designers are hard at work creating the dream of sky-high modern urban living.
Episode 4 | Manctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom
At a consultation event, Anne and Donna learn a tower block is proposed near their homes. Donna's elderly father is desper...
Episode 4 | The Tower
With the show flats in the Tower selling fast, two prospective purchasers are excited by the dream of modern living.
Episode 5 | The Tower
Love is in the air in the Tower. Kelley Garcia finally says 'I do' to Wayne Tapper, with half of the estate in tow.
Episode 6 | The Tower
Nessar's wealthy family have bought several new properties in the Tower, but before she can move in she must pass her law exams.
Episode 7 | The Tower
The Tower is complete and the first of the new tenants move in. Retired gangster Harry Hayward feels overwhelmed by the changes.
Episode 8 | The Tower
With the Tower now fully occupied, it's a time of new beginnings for the new residents but the end of an era for the Deptford locals.
Fixing Unfair Britain: Can Levelling Up Deliver? | Panorama
The BBC's new political editor Chris Mason returns to his home county of Yorkshire to find out what the residents...
Homeless shelter | Manctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom
Narrowgate shelter has 30 beds and is at capacity every night. Many of the homeless people come in for different re...
Hong Kong's growth | World's Busiest Cities
Dan Snow views Hong Kong from the sky and witnesses how the city's growth is slowly connecting it to mainland China.
How to Save the High Street | Panorama
Business journalist Adam Shaw investigates the government's plans to spend millions of pounds reviving run-down town centres.
HS2: End Of The Line?
The controversial train line has cost billions and left those along the route stranded. What next for HS2? BBC News Transport correspondent Katy Austin...
3: Sustaining the City | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Andrew Marr looks at transport routes and finds out how the world's megacities stay fed, and he joins Mexico City's traffic...
2: A Brave New World | New Elizabethans with Andrew Marr
Andrew Marr explores how Britain since 1952 has coped with the loss of empire, America's cultural and political hege...
Adolf Hitler's rise to power | Andrew Marr's History of the World
Andrew Marr discusses Hitler's rise to power from the end of the first world war.
1: Body and Soul | Andrew Marr on Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Andrew Marr explores how Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection has taken on a life of its own far beyon...
5: Little Britain | Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain
The Wall Street Crash and the rise of fascist politics in Europe caused chaos in 1930s Britain.
2: The Land of Lost Consent | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
The 1950s were a period of apparent calm, order and prosperity for Britain, but much of the populace wa...
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