The Voice of Path茅
A look at how British Path茅's output came into its own in the Second World War, when its commentaries provided stirring encouragement during the Blitz.
For more than half a century, the film and newsreel company British Path茅 documented almost every aspect of life - the remarkable and the run-of-the mill, the extraordinary and the everyday.
The company's output really came into its own during the Second World War, when the distinctively clipped and relentlessly chipper commentaries by its announcer Bob Danvers-Walker provided stirring encouragement during the Blitz - and offered authoritative advice on how housewives struggling to feed their families on the ration could overcome privation and to 'make do and mend'.
As this programme reveals, for generations of cinemagoers it was the voice of British Path茅 that expressed the values and the spirit of Britain.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Kath Pick |
Executive Producer | David Okuefuna |
Narrator | Verity Sharp |
Broadcasts
- Thu 25 Aug 2011 21:00
- Thu 25 Aug 2011 23:55
- Fri 26 Aug 2011 02:35
- Wed 31 Aug 2011 23:00
- Sun 13 Nov 2011 19:00
- Mon 14 Nov 2011 01:00
- Tue 8 May 2012 20:00
- Tue 8 May 2012 23:50
- Sun 17 Feb 2013 19:00
- Mon 18 Feb 2013 02:45
- Wed 16 Mar 2016 00:20
- Mon 21 Mar 2016 02:55