
The Great British Foreign Holiday
Mark Benton narrates a clip show looking at the Brits when they go abroad, somewhere he claims to be 'far away - outlandish, exotic and scary. Frankly, we're terrified of it.'.
Mark Benton has been abroad, he knows all about it: 'The British are an island race - abroad is really abroad, not just across the border but actually over the horizon. It's far away - outlandish, exotic and scary. Frankly, we're terrified of it.'
The Brits, foreign travel and all points in between - how we got there, what we did there and how we got back.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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London Symphony Orchestra
Jerusalem
composed by Sir Hubert Parry
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Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Summer Holiday
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Right Said Fred
I'm Too Sexy
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Arrow
Hot Hot Hot
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Fleetwood Mac
Albatross
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Los del Río
Macarena
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Electric Light Orchestra
Mr. Blue Sky
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Radiohead
Subterranean Homesick Alien
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Noël Coward
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
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Booker T. & the MG’s
Green Onions
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The Prodigy
Firestarter
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The Dandy Warhols
Everyday Should Be A Holiday
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Donna Summer
I Feel Love
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Black Lace
Agadoo
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Har Mar Superstar
Back The Camel
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Nelly
Hot In Herre
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The Smiths
How Soon Is Now?
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BJ Cole & Luke Vibert
Fly Hawaii
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Mark Benton |
Executive Producer | Caroline Wright |
Producer | Elaine Shepherd |
Writer | Matthew Leys |
Writer | Martin Trenaman |
Broadcasts
- Tue 26 May 2009 21:00
- Wed 27 May 2009 22:00
- Thu 28 May 2009 00:50
- Sat 30 May 2009 00:00
- Thu 25 Jun 2009 23:30
- Sat 27 Jun 2009 00:00
- Sun 19 Jul 2009 17:00BBC Two except Scotland & Yorkshire
- New Year's Day 2010 01:20
- Wed 7 Jul 2010 21:00
- Thu 8 Jul 2010 03:00
- Tue 2 Aug 2011 23:30