What Britain Lost

What Britain Lost

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What Britain Lost episodes

  • Concorde: How Britain Lost the Future

    If you grew up in Britain between 1976 and 2003, you might remember the sound before you knew what it was. A low, rolling thunder, somewhere above the rooftops. Conversations stopped. Heads tipped back. Somebody in the garden would say, "That's Concorde," the way you'd say it was raining. And if you were quick, there it was: a white dart with a Union flag on its tail, going somewhere none of us had ever been.

    Chapters:

    • 0:00 Last Day
    • 4:05 The Promise
    • 8:07 The Makers
    • 12:05 The Golden Age
    • 17:08 The Turn
    • 21:03 What Remains

    See her at Aerospace Bristol (Filton), Manchester Runway Visitor Park, Brooklands, and the National Museum of Flight (East Fortune).

    Some visuals are AI-generated recreations. Quotes credited to Tom Jones (not that one) are imagined, not real interviews.

    Full transcript and photo credits: https://whatbritainlost.com/episodes/concorde/

    26 min

About What Britain Lost

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What Britain Lost is a documentary series and podcast about the everyday things, places, brands and ways of life that vanished from British life: Concorde, the seaside pier, Woolworths, the corner…