<a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/secrets/ancientbritain.shtml">Secrets Beneath Savernake Forest</a> But archaeologists have discovered a pre-Roman temple using state-of-the-art military technology which scans the ground and reveals secrets below. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/secrets/whitehorse.shtml">The White Horse of Uffington</a> We reveal the story of one of Britain's most famous ancient pieces of public art - the White Horse of Uffington. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/secrets/luftwaffe.shtml">The Blitz from Above</a> An exploration of how the German air force photographed London during the Blitz and the astonishing archive they left behind. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/secrets/luftwaffephotographs.shtml">Wartorn London Revealed</a> What the Luftwaffe and the subsequent RAF's aerial surveys can tells us about wartime London - from public parks being turned into allotments, to the sprawl of air raid shelters and the astonishing scale of bomb damage. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/secrets/ancientsites.shtml">Hidden Civilisations</a> Only from the air are we able to see the faint traces of ancient settlements and monuments left by our ancestors. English heritage take to the air and reveal cropmarks, enclosures and ditches of neolithic settlements. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/secrets/follies.shtml">Great British Follies</a> The British have always had a strange attitude to the countryside: we decorate and adorn it, adding meaningless and eccentric monuments. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/edenproject.shtml">Eden Project</a> How a disused china claypit became a giant environmental complex that attracts visitors from all corners of the globe. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/happisburgh.shtml">Happisburgh</a> The decline of sea defenses in the small Norfolk village of Happisburgh has triggered coastal erosion, affecting the environment and people. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/blacklaw.shtml">Black Law Windfarm</a> Black Law in Scotland - once known for its open and deepcast mining - has become famed for a new powersource: windfarms. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/belfast.shtml">Belfast Harbour</a> Harland and Wolff were once the largest shipbuilders in the world, responsible for the Titanic and HMS Belfast. From above see how their business has changed to accommodate an ever-changing market. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/spaghetti.shtml">Spaghetti Junction, Birmingham</a> This small junction once served a small community before it was transformed into one of the most recognisable interchanges in Europe. Witness the change through the eyes a lifelong resident. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/canveyisland.shtml">Canvey Island</a> In 1953 Britain experienced its biggest peactime disaster when the east coast was hit by devastating floods. Relive how this dramatic passage in history affected Canvey Island. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/kielderwater.shtml">Kielder Water</a> The largest ever construction project in the water industry has turned a sleepy backwater in the Tyne Valley into the biggest man-made resevoir in Britain, providing water to 80% of the North-East. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/firelondon.shtml">Fire of London</a> The Great Fire of London destroyed one third of the capital. Discover how this disaster triggered change in the capital's streets that are still visible today. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/stpauls.shtml">St Paul's Cathedral</a> Christopher Wren's masterpiece is one of the few constants in an ever-changing cityscape. Return to December 1940 when the Blitz nearly obliterated the capital and threatened this historic landmark. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/glastonbury.shtml">Glastonbury Festival</a> Glastonbury Festival in Somerset is the world's largest music festival. Go back in time from its humble beginnings in 1970 through to the 2008 with a crowd of 177,000 people. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/oldtrafford.shtml">Old Trafford</a> Today the economy of Manchester is driven by one the most successful and powerful football clubs in the world. But around 60 years ago Old Trafford was one of the country's prime centres of industry. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/ebbwvale.shtml">Ebbw Vale</a> Ebbw Vale has changed dramatically. Where now lies a barren empty valley once stood the largest steelworks in Europe. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/churchillgardens.shtml">Churchill Gardens, London</a> Churchill Gardens arose from the ashes of the Blitz as part of the Abercrombie Plan, a blueprint that aimed to rebuild a more efficient capital. It was a vision that was never realised. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/canarywharf.shtml">Canary Wharf</a> Once the biggest port in the world, Canary Wharf is now a giant trade centre and remains a hub of the global economy. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/cambourne.shtml">Cambourne</a> Cambourne is a fine example of a modern day solution to increasing housing demands and urban sprawl. Where once was quiet farmland is now a purpose-built town in the middle of rural Cambridgeshire. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/rewinds/stansted.shtml">Stansted Airport</a> Today Stansted is Britain's fourth largest airport and still expanding, but its roots lie in the East Anglian airfields of World War II. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/urbansprawl.shtml">Urban Sprawl</a> How did Britain become an urban nation from it's rural roots? The industrial revolution has seen our cities swell beyond all recognition. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/churchillgardens.shtml">Churchill Gardens</a> Architectural journalist and former Churchill Gardens resident explains the thinking behind this ambitious, uniquely successful post-war housing estate. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/newlondon.shtml">Old and New City of London</a> The square mile of London is in the midst of a colossal building boom. But the new buildings have a particular challenge - they have to stand on a city street plan that hasn't changed in a thousand years. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/thedocks.shtml">The London Docklands</a> Since Roman times London's docks had been the engine room of the city's economy. Still the centre of the economy, Canary Wharf is now a grid of modern geometric blocks. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/dudleystamp.shtml">The Dudley Stamp Maps</a> Pilot Bill Ison recalls the East Anglia of the past, and Dr Ruth Swetnam explains how vital it was for the war effort as well as a tool to understand the massive changes the British countryside underwent. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/agriculturalrevolution.shtml">The Agricultural Revolution</a> From the 1930's to the present day, discover how the British agricultural landscape has dramatically changed. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/cambourne.shtml">This Modern Life</a> To cope with growing populations developers and planners are returning to an idea from 50 years ago: the new town. Visit Cambourne which promises to provide modern comforts in a countryside setting. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/disappearingindustry.shtml">The End of an Era</a> One hundred and fifty years ago the pastural landscape of South Wales was transformed by the coal industry. From the air you can see the industrial legacy and, more than anywhere else in Britain, communities defined by the landscape. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/birthofswindon.shtml">Birth of Swindon</a> Swindon rose from green fields 150 years ago and is now one of the fastest growing towns in Europe. With no natural resources it exists entirely because of its location. Once home to the Great Western Railway, the town now profits from its location on the <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/factoriestofootball.shtml">Factories to Football</a> Trafford Park - from the world <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/london.shtml">London Transformed</a> RAF photographs of a city torn apart are compared with present and future London, telling the story of the greatest transformation in the city's history. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/visionoflondon.shtml">Abercrombie's Vision</a> Lord Abercrombie's radical, modernist vision of London that would have become reality if the post-war developers got their way. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/unalteredlondon.shtml">Past and Present London</a> By switching between images of past and present day London there appears to be very little difference and no sign of Abercrombie's vision. He wasn't the first to try - 300 years before, Christopher Wren also had a grand plan. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/3dmodelling.shtml">London in the Future</a> The city of London is dominated by the looming presence of St Paul's Cathedral. The views of this jewel in the crown are protected and architects use cutting-edge 3D modelling to create new visions for London. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/oxford.shtml">An Oxford Story</a> From above this town appears at first glance to be defined by its world-famous university. But the way Oxford looks today is also highly dictated by water. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/farmingfoodshortage.shtml">Farming the Food Shortage</a> Oliver Walston has seen first-hand the the highs and lows of modern day farming. In recent times farms have been losing money. Yet fortunes are changing again: a worldwide food shortage promises to breathe new life into farming. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/newtown.shtml">Birth of the New Town</a> After the war the British countryside was threatened by endless urban sprawl, the government's solution was the introductuion of greenbelts and newtowns such as Harlow in East Anglia. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/industrialtargets.shtml">Industrial Targets</a> Before World War I the Luftwaffe flew over Britain and secretly photographed the backbone of Britain's economy: industry. These dossiers reveal spectacular images of our industrial past. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/bigpit.shtml">Last Colliery Standing</a> The story of the South Wales valleys is a snapshot of a world that is no more. Once a flourishing mining industry, the region is now wracked with unemployment and poverty. The one colliery still open is Big Pit. It's a museum. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/oldmanchester.shtml">Northern Giant</a> Manchester: the birthplace of the industrial age. Nowhere else in Britain illustrates better the changing landscape from old to new, and from above you can see how the city has been shaped by three centures of industrial endeavour. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/buildingbritain/newmanchester.shtml">New Manchester</a> In one human lifetime Britain's industrial landscape has changed beyond recognition. Manchester has reinvented itself. Factories have been replaced by leisure and culture, and the biggest and tallest statement of the new aspirations is Beetham Tower. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/technology/powerfromabove.shtml">Power from Above</a> Electricity is carried the length and breadth of the country on a maze of high tension power cables. It's aerial linesman Adam Crick's job to keep them running by inspecting 300,000 miles of power line from a helicopter. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/technology/pipesfrombelow.shtml">Pipes from Below</a> Revealing the vast water and sewage systems that run underneath and between our cities and towns. In an average day, this system apparently carries over 16 billion litres of water: enough to fill 18 million bathtubs. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/technology/spyplanes.shtml">Farming by Spyplane</a> Today's farmers are turning to military technology to help them to maximize their land. Discover the use of miniature spyplanes which allow farmers to get a quick overview of their land. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/technology/gpscombineharvesters.shtml">Farming from Space</a> Millions of tonnes of grain are churned every year with harvesters that have pinpoint accuracy. How? They are controlled by satellite technology from space. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/technology/typhoonoverlakedistrict.shtml">Testing the Typhoon</a> Our Armed Forces generally keep to their own land. But up in the skies, it's a completely different matter. We fly with the jewel of the Royal Air Force, the Typhoon jet aircraft in the Lake District. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/technology/norfolkbroads2.shtml">The Norfolk Broads</a> Much of what appears 'natural' in Britain is in fact far from it. The clearest and most surprising example is the Norfolk Broads, which is a post-industrial, man-made landscape. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/technology/coleambroseestate.shtml">A Very British Farm</a> The story of one farming family, the Morebey's, who resisted mechanisation for as long as possible, until they became the last British farm to do so in 1967. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/technology/runningnationalmachine.shtml">Running the National Machine</a> Scattered around the country are just a handful of vast facilities. These are the fuel pumps, the gas tanks - the batteries of our national machine. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/technology/historyoffarming.shtml">A History of Farming</a> The patchwork quilt of farming blocks has come to symbolise our landscape from the air. It did not always look this way: the revolution was started by the invention of the humble seed drill by Jethro Tull. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/transport/nationonthemove.shtml">A Nation on the Move</a> There was a time when the British commute was just a single tide converging from the suburbs into the city. But now we explode in a multitude of directions. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/transport/medievalmetropolis.shtml">The Mediaeval Metropolis</a> Revealing how the City of London still manages to function despite the mediaeval street plan. In between the skyscrapers and building sites lies a network of tiny alleyways that is centuries old. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/transport/motorwaymadness.shtml">Motorway Madness</a> There are the traffic jams that suddenly appear out of nowhere, where our motorways grind to a halt for seemingly no reason at all. This frustrating phenomenon is explained at the junction of the M5 and M6 in Birmingham. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/transport/secretjams.shtml">Secret Jams Above Us</a> Every day, more than 7,500 aircraft crowd into Britain's skies, carrying more than half a million passengers from every corner of this little green planet, all following their own secret motorway system in the sky. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/transport/motorwaysoffcoast.shtml">Motorways off the Coast</a> The English Channel is the busiest shipping lane in the world, and is organised like motorways with its own aerial traffic cops. The coastguard spotter plane travels above, ensuring that the thousands of cargo ships stay in their lanes. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/transport/trafficcontrol.shtml">Traffic Control</a> Watching the streets, with a bird's eye view of every critical junction, is a small team of experts at the London Traffic Control Centre. They work to keep road and pedestrian traffic flowing in perfect balance. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/transport/railways.shtml">Railways in Rush Hour</a> Transport expert Jon Shaw reveals that every morning as millions of people start their long commute to work they are using a system which is so overloaded it is on the brink of disaster. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/transport/taxisrushhour.shtml">Taxis in Rush Hour</a> Satellite technology reveals how the network of city streets is being pushed to the edge of capacity. Watch the GPS traces of 380 London taxis over the course of a single day. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/transport/stockingbritain.shtml">Stocking Britain</a> Felixstowe is the biggest port in Britain, and the first link in a national network that keeps the nation stocked with anything and everything. There so many ships full of stuff arriving on Britain's shores that inland ports now store the overflow. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/transport/riverofsupply.shtml">The Great River of Supply</a> Almost all our goods are shipped by road. See the satellite traces that reveal the extent of this vast distribution network, reaching every corner of the country. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/transport/stanstedairport.shtml">Stansted Airport</a> From a patchwork quilt of prime farmland Stansted has now become a major international airport, spanning more than 3000 acres and handling over 23 million passengers a year. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/people/britainawakes.shtml">Britain Awakes</a> The visualisation of a nation of 60 million people scattered across the land. Each spark of light signifies 200 men, women and children, located according to the last National Census. It all seems quiet until dawn breaks, and the nation is on the move. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/people/mappingmoney.shtml">Mapping Money Making</a> Fifty years ago, Britain was a nation of industry and manufacturing. Factories and industrial plants dominated the skylines of its towns and cities. Now we are living in an information economy with communication at its heart. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/people/secretmoney.shtml">Money on the Move</a> From above the secret distribution systems for an item as critical to our life as water or electricity is revealed - money. Vans carrying cash pick up and stock 365 days a year and the whole process is monitored from the sky. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/people/disposablebritain.shtml">Disposable Britain</a> Exploring the always-on networks of distribution that makes sure that we get what we want when we want it - whatever the day or season - and how we deal with the millions of tons of rubbish we throw away... <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/people/teatimebritain.shtml">Tea-time Britain</a> Power surges called the TV pickup are unique to Britain. The engineers at the National Grid control centre brace themselves each time Eastenders ends and 1.75 million kettles get switched on. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/people/nightoverbritain.shtml">Night over Britain</a> Night falls over Britain and all that can be seen from above is illuminated by light. Office buildings blaze, taxis flicker and commuter trains stand in ranks. The rhythm has slowed, before the dawn of a new day. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/people/footballcrowds.shtml">Managing the Crowds</a> In a helicopter over Ibrox Stadium for the Glasgow derby match between Celtic and Rangers it is revealed how Strathclyde Police monitor football crowds from above. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/people/glastonbury.shtml">Glastonbury from Above</a> Flying high above Glastonbury in a Tiger Moth the true scale of the festival is revealed. It is very much like a miniature Britain, a country which functions on the edge of chaos and works mostly because of mutual patience, good humour and tolerance. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/people/introduction.shtml">Introduction: Britain from Above</a> The series takes you on a fascinating journey up and down this little island, and back in time to reveal the nation's habits, rhythms and secrets. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/people/shoppingnation.shtml">Shopping Nation</a> The temples of Modern Britain are built not for worship, but for spending. They're vast shopping centres. Manchester's Trafford Centre has parking spaces for 10,000+ cars. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/people/manmadelandscape.shtml">Man-made Landscapes</a> We often view the countryside romantically as a natural phenomenon. Discover how some of the most rural and seemingly untouched parts of Britain are entirely man-made. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/wild-britain/skydiving.shtml">Skydiving over East Anglia</a> Andrew Marr takes the plunge to see a truly bird's eye view of Britain's supposedly natural landscape. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/wild-britain/heathermoorlands.shtml">Beautiful Britain</a> In the Peak District they are fighting back to preserve what we think of as natural. A large-scale reseeding project of the heather moorlands is done by helicopter. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/wild-britain/airandmountainrescue.shtml">Search and Rescue</a> Search and rescue teams are on the front line when it comes to battling the elements, particularly in the wildest and most untamed corner of Britain, the Scottish Hebrides. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/wild-britain/greatglen.shtml">The Great Glen Fault</a> Andrew Marr takes to the sky in a microlight over a giant crack that runs the length of Scotland: the Great Glen Fault. It is the result of a collision between two continents and is a geological feature that can only be seen from above. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/wild-britain/britishgeological.shtml">Wealth Beneath Britain</a> Journey the country with the most comprehensive picture of Britain from above: a virtual landscape of faultlines, volcanoes, mountains and mineral deposits. How have these affected our social history? <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/wild-britain/miningforgold.shtml">Mining for Gold</a> Recently gold deposits have been found in the bedrock in the Northern Ireland countryside near Omagh. Clues to the gold seams can often only be seen from above. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/wild-britain/kitefestival.shtml">Winds of Fortune</a> Over our heads there is a great cauldron of activity. Powerful masses of air are constantly moving over the land, and are said to be the best wind resources in Europe. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/wild-britain/happisburgh.shtml">Disappearing Village</a> The coastline beside the village of Happisburgh is shifting faster than anywhere else in Britain. Holding back the wind and the waves has been a never-ending battle, and soon 25 square miles of Norfolk could end up under water. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/wild-britain/paragliding.shtml">Paragliding into the Clouds</a> Andrew Marr launches into the air in a paraglider to take a closer look at the air above Britain. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/wild-britain/metoffice.shtml">Under Pressure</a> Britain sits at a crossroads and gets its weather from six different systems, making it notoriously difficult to forecast. Welcome to the pressurised world of the weathermen. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/wild-britain/thermalimagingdeer.shtml">The Deer Stalker</a> Apache helicopter pilot Matt usually chases the Taliban in Afghanistan, but at Lulworth range in Dorset he uses the same thermal imaging camera to spot and protect the local population of deer. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/wild-britain/migratingbirds.shtml">The Great Migration in the Sky</a> Every year more than 15 million birds migrate to our shores from afar afield as South Africa and Russia. Their lives and secrets are lit up when looking at their GPS traces which show the patterns and accuracy of their incredible journeys. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/wild-britain/nationalpark.shtml">Pleasure Grounds</a> The introduction of greenbelts and national parks are two ways in which we are protecting what we think of as 'natural'. But even in the Brecon Beacons there is still evidence of the human hand in changing the landscape. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/behindthescenes/andrewiv.shtml">Andrew Marr Interview</a> More from Andrew Marr about what he's learnt; the highlights and even flying in a microlight. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/behindthescenes/photos.shtml">Photos by Jason Hawkes</a> Photographer Jason Hawkes is a prolific chronicler of Britain from the air. Discover why he only shoots from above. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/behindthescenes/aerial.shtml">Aerial Filming</a> Discover how aerial sequences are filmed, with up to eight cameras on the go and everything from planes and helicopters to microlights and paragilders. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/behindthescenes/glastonbury.shtml">Filming Glastonbury</a> Witness the challenges, joy and logistics at filming at Glastonbury Festival and witness the biggest music festival in the world - from above. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/behindthescenes/archive.shtml">Archive</a> English Heritage talk about how they preserve their collection and reveal some never before seen archive. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/behindthescenes/3dmodelling.shtml">3D Modelling</a> How London can be recreated through time and into the future using 3D Modelling. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/behindthescenes/skydiving.shtml">Skydiving</a> Join Andrew Marr as he jumps out of a plane, all captured on multiple cameras. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/behindthescenes/btsparagliding.shtml">Paragliding</a> Join Andrew Marr as he takes to the skies in a paraglider over the hills of Shropshire. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/about/index.shtml">About</a> Andrew Marr takes to the skies exploring Britain from above. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/about/andrewmarr.shtml">Andrew Marr</a> Our host reveals what's excited him most about the analysing our country from the skies. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/about/andrewmarr.shtml">Andrew Marr</a> Our host reveals what's excited him most about the analysing our country from the skies. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/about/andrewmarr.shtml">Andrew Marr</a> Our host reveals what's excited him most about the analysing our country from the skies. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/about/andrewmarr.shtml">Andrew Marr</a> Our host reveals what's excited him most about the analysing our country from the skies. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/roughcuts/mountainrescue.shtml">Mountain Rescue</a> The Stornoway Search and Rescue team battle the elements as they are called out to action in the Isle of Skye. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/roughcuts/rcglastonbury.shtml">Glastonbury Aerials</a> From the cockpit of the Britain from Above helicopter and a 1930s Tigermoth we reveal the breathtaking view of Glastonbury Festival. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/roughcuts/aircraft.shtml">Flying High</a> Take a look at all the aircraft featured in Britain from Above. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/roughcuts/rocketlaunch.shtml">Rocket Launch</a> The UK designed communications satellite, Skynet 5C, is launched into space from its base in French Guiana. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/roughcuts/satellites.shtml">Spies in the Sky</a> Revealing images in jaw-dropping clarity taken from the hundreds of satellites orbiting our planet. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/roughcuts/motorwaytimelapse.shtml">Motorway Timelapse</a> Mesmerising footage of thousands of cars travelling on the M4, M5 and M6. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/roughcuts/claphamjunction.shtml">Trains at Clapham Junction</a> This footage shows the incredible movement of 119 trains per hour at one of Britain and Europe's busiest rail throughways. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/roughcuts/felixstowe.shtml">Containers, Cranes and Cargo</a> Watch the UK's busiest port at work, handling 10,000 containers a day. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/roughcuts/rctrain.shtml">Overground and Underground</a> Watch the constant stream of trains passing through London. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/roughcuts/rcglastonburytimelapse.shtml">Glastonbury Timelapse</a> Accelerate through the 150,000 crowds at the world's largest music festival <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/roughcuts/rceurofighter.shtml">Ride of Your Life</a> Watch the Eurofighter Typhoon powering over Britain's landscapes at speeds up to 500mph. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/roughcuts/rcabstract.shtml">Looking Down</a> A selection of Britain from Above's obscure, weird and wonderful aerial images. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/roughcuts/rccrowds.shtml">The British from Above</a> From commuter chaos, to the school run, to Ibrox Stadium - view our crowded nation from above. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/roughcuts/rctrafficjams.shtml">Road Rage</a> Spy on a nation of 60 million people it seems permanently gridlocked in traffic. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/roughcuts/rcpiccadilly.shtml">Piccadilly Timelapse</a> The neon lights shine over a stream of pedestrians flowing through this West End junction. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/visualisations/taxis.shtml">Taxis in London</a> Satellite technology reveals how the network of city streets is being pushed to the edge of capacity. Watch the GPS traces of 380 London taxis over the course of a single day. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/visualisations/constellations.shtml">The Lights of Britain</a> A visualisation of our nation of 60 million people scattered across the land. Each spark of light signifies 200 men, women and children, located according to the last National Census. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/visualisations/channel.shtml">Ships Crossing the Channel</a> On a typical day, over 400 ships pass through the straits off Dover. This visualisation shows 24 hours worth of shipping recorded as it passes through the Channel. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/visualisations/planes.shtml">Air Traffic over Britain</a> Every day, more than 7,500 aircraft crowd into Britain's skies <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/visualisations/communication.shtml">Mapping Information</a> A visualisation of Britain's information economy with communication at its heart. View the tentacles of our national telephone network and the lines of data travelling around Britain and out into the world. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/space/skynetsatellite.shtml">Skynet 5C</a> Skynet 5C, the most sophisticated communications satellite in existence is on the production line for the UK Ministry of Defence. In Toulouse, construction is entering the final stages. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/space/spacerace.shtml">The Space Race</a> In the late 1950's the space race began as a military experiment, a chance to spy without risk or detection. We reveal the first ever satellite picture of earth and how the dawn of television transformed the way we look at the world. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/space/infoterra.shtml">Photographing the Earth</a> What was once the preserve of the military has now become available to all of us. Infoterra - a company that specialises in processing satellite imagery - has been storing and cataloguing 3,000 terrabytes of imagery compiled over the last 25 years. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/space/farmstar.shtml">Satellite Harvest</a> In western France, David Blot's family have farmed the same 3,000 acres for generations. To increase productivity and reduce costs, he's now turning to satellites to farm his land from space. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/space/aliencraft.shtml">Life-blood of an Alien Craft</a> With just two months to go to launch the Skynet 5C satellite enters its most critical stage in its preparation - testing every single component before it leaves the factory. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/space/satelliteforecast.shtml">Forecasting from Space</a> Today we have enough imaging and analyzing technology to model and monitor every single weather system as it appears, grows and dies. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/space/satelliteradar.shtml">Looking into the Oceans</a> The technology of satellite radar has revealed the entire climate engine of the planet, enabling vast weather systems to be detected, mapped, monitored and forecasted. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/space/intoorbit.shtml">Final Preparations</a> In French Guiana the 5 ton Skynet 5C communications satellite arrives. The fundamental job now is to put it into space and then remotely fly it into orbit from where it will be monitored over its 15 year life span. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/space/watersofthesahara.shtml">The Waters of the Sahara</a> Geologist Farouk El Baz inspired a whole new dimension to earth observation with his theory that water lay beneath the Sahara. Satellite imagery revealed beneath the sands lay the traces of ancient lakes and the courses of the rivers that fed them. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/space/wateroflife.shtml">Water War</a> The same satellite radar technology that has revealed water reserves beneath the Sahara desert has now been applied to wartorn Darfur. It exposes river valleys feeding into large lakes estimated at half the size of Wales. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/space/missionaborted.shtml">Mission Aborted</a> The Skynet 5C satellite is ready for launch. It is in position and fully fueled. The countdown begins. But four hours before, the mission is aborted. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/space/zephyr.shtml">New Wave of Spyplane</a> The Zephyr is a lightweight radio controlled plane that offers a cheaper form of low-orbiting satellites. But it promises to do the one thing satellites can't do: produce live images of events. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/space/warningsign.shtml">Brave New World</a> Satellite technology today delivers a static shot, a single moment in time. But the Zephyr, currently being used for the military, is ushering a new generation of imagery from the air. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/britainfromabove/britainfromabove/space/finalcountdown.shtml">The Final Countdown</a> In French Guiana the technical hitches that delayed the launch of the Skynet 5C satellite have been repaired and the latest star is ready to join the satellite constellation.