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One Foot in the Past (1993)

One Foot in the Past poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Length
8 seasons, 67 episodes
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British television series that examines buildings, history, and heritage across the British Isles and a few other countries. Each thirty minute episode is a magazine style program looking at conservation and the stories behind old places.

informativereflectiveleisurelynostalgiceducationallightly curioussteady-paced

What happens

One Foot in the Past is a British television series on BBC2 that ran from 1993 to 2000. It considered conservation in, and the architecture, heritage and history of, the British Isles and, in three episodes, France, Italy and India. The series was a magazine programme. Each programme ran for 30 minutes. From 16 April 1999, the series was part of the History Zone. The series was subsequently broadcast outside the United Kingdom on BBC World. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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