Booze Britain
Booze Britain was a fly-on-the-wall documentary television series produced by Granada[1] that aired on British satellite TV channel Bravo[1] in half-hour episodes which documented the binge drinking culture of various towns and cities in the United Kingdom.[2] Typically, the series followed a group of friends as they indulge in an evening drinking heavily in various establishments usually in their own town or city, police officers fining and arresting people for various alcohol-related incidents and also paramedics who are called out to handle the consequences of drunkenness. The narration by Mark Womack provided alcohol-related statistics and comments on medical issues raised by the scenes depicted.
Booze Britain | |
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Genre | Fly on the wall |
Presented by | Mark Womack |
Composers | Nev Hawkins Adir Tov |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Ralph Jones Fred Hepburn Dave Clarke Rebecca Johnson |
Producer | Graciela Watson |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Granada |
Release | |
Original network | Bravo |
Original release | 2004 |
Chronology | |
Followed by | Binge Nation |
In its second series, subtitled Binge Nation, they went to numerous places in the country.[2]
See also
References
- "'Tabloid television distorts city image'." Hull Daily Mail 15 July 2005: 4. Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 4 May 2012.
- Totaro, Paola. "Trash tube: citizens get blitzed anew." Sydney Morning Herald, The 29 Nov. 2008: 42. Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 4 May 2012.