Man Alive (1965)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

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How it feels

This documentary series examines social and political issues in the UK and abroad. It has nearly 500 episodes over 17 years on BBC2.

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What happens

Man Alive is a documentary and current affairs series which ran on BBC2 between 1965 and 1982. During that time there were nearly 500 programmes tackling a range of social and political issues, both in the UK and abroad. The series was commissioned by David Attenborough, while he was Controller of BBC2 between 1965 and 1969. British television journalist and presenter Esther Rantzen worked on Man Alive in the mid-1960s. One of the programme's reporters and series editor was Desmond Wilcox, whom Rantzen later married. Wilcox contributed directly to about 50 Man Alive programmes. The Man Alive theme music was composed and played by Tony Hatch and his orchestra. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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