Britain in a Day (2012)

Yesterday I watched BBC2's captivating documentary- Britain in a Day. This series followed on from the 2011 BBC documentary Life in a Day. On the 12th of November, people were asked by the programme to film an activity that took place in their day around the 12th November 2011 and send it to them via YouTube. The chosen clips were then organised into different categories (such as marriage, death, day, night etc) and shown on BBC2 on the 11th June 2012 (yesterday).

BBC's previous Life in a Day documentary

The programme was deeply moving and really captured the everyday life of British people. It was very skillfully edited, and the soundtrack used really emphasised the emotions of the people and moments in the clips. The soundtrack also helped to make the documentary have more of an emotional impact on the viewers. Just like after watching Life in a Day, I felt strong sense of appreciation for the beauty and rareness of life.

I did actually enter two videos for this programme which unfortunately did not get selected. One of them was of my boyfriend's dog running frantically in circles as he played the drums, and the other was of my mum doing a trick with her eyes that she used to fool me with as a child. As I found out about the programme quite last minute, I didn't have a lot of time to plan what I was going to film on the 12th November. I think if the BBC do another In a Day documentary I will try and enter another clip.