motoring
07Mar
Touring Britain – The Classic Motorist’s Way
posted by Chris Heathcote
“It is the eye and the heart that are the surest guides”
It seems Heathcotes have a thing for travel guides. I’ve been known to eulogise, and namesake-but-no-relation David Heathcote presents this series taking old travel guides as a starting point for a journey, in this programme the Shell travel guides from the 30s to the [...]
21Feb
Michael Smith’s Drivetime
posted by Chris Heathcote
“We shape our technologies, then they shape us.”
After enjoying the repeats of Michael Smith’s Citizen Smith series, he’s been commissioned on another journey round the UK, this time focussing on cars, motoring and driving.
Previous BBC4 seasons on buses, trains, public transport have provided much nostalgia for the typical BBC4 viewer, even sojourns into motorways have [...]
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