Ford's Dagenham Dream
Documentary telling the story of the British love affair with the American dream cars made at Ford in Dagenham in the 1960s and 70s, such as the Zephyr, the Cortina and the Capri.
Documentary which tells the story of a dream of happy families on wheels that the Ford Motor Company brought from Detroit to Dagenham, then sold to Britain.
From the 1950s onwards Ford revolutionised the cars we drove, producing dream cars for the average British family. In the 60s and 70s Ford sold dreams to boy racers too, but it came at a price. The mass production of motor cars required an army of assembly line workers who did jobs that were infamous for their soul-destroying monotony.
At its peak Dagenham was producing more than 3,000 cars every day and its most popular dream car, the Cortina, sold around five million in Britain alone. But the assembly line workers had a love-hate relationship with the cars they made and for some the dream became a nightmare.
Illustrated with powerful first person testimony and rare archive, this is the story of the rise and fall of Ford's Dagenham dream.
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Music Played
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The Everly Brothers
All I Have to Do Is Dream
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Marvin Gaye
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
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Miles Davis
All Blues
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Aretha Franklin
Respect
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T. Rex
Hot Love
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New Order
Blue Monday
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Chris Isaak
Wicked Games
Remix Artist: Trentem酶ller.
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Producer | Steve Humphries |
Director | Steve Humphries |
Broadcasts
- Wed 4 Mar 2009 21:00
- Thu 5 Mar 2009 03:00
- Thu 5 Mar 2009 22:30
- Sun 8 Mar 2009 22:00
- Mon 9 Mar 2009 02:10
- Wed 1 Apr 2009 20:0091热爆 Two except Yorkshire
- Sat 9 May 2009 19:00
- Sun 10 May 2009 03:10
- Sun 6 Jun 2010 23:00
- Mon 4 Jul 2011 22:00
- Tue 5 Jul 2011 00:45
- Fri 8 Jul 2011 00:30
- Tue 24 Jul 2012 22:00
- Wed 25 Jul 2012 02:50
- Mon 8 Oct 2012 22:00
- Sat 9 Mar 2013 22:5091热爆 Two except Yorkshire
- Sat 8 Jun 2013 22:30
- Sun 8 Sep 2013 20:00
- Mon 19 May 2014 23:35
- Sun 13 Jul 2014 20:00
- Mon 14 Jul 2014 02:30
- Tue 15 Jul 2014 22:45
- Mon 19 Oct 2015 01:20
- Wed 21 Oct 2015 22:00
- Sat 18 Feb 2017 20:00
- Wed 3 Jan 2018 22:45
- Thu 4 Jan 2018 02:15