Daniel Farson's Guide to Britain: Volume 2 Blu-ray
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Posted August 19, 2026 09:31 PM by Webmaster
The British Film Institute has provided complete details for its upcoming Blu-ray release of
Daniel Farson's Guide to Britain: Volume 2 (1957-1960). The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on September 7.
Description: Farson became a larger-than-life fixture of Soho in the 1950s, socialising with the likes of artist Francis Bacon and photographer John Deakin. But he was also a groundbreaking investigative journalist, reshaping approaches to screen reportage with the many dynamic television films he presented for Associated-Rediffusion in the late 1950s and early 1960s, finding widespread fame and acclaim along the way. In this second volume of his work, Farson – who paved the way for programme-makers of the Louis Theroux school – turns his attention to nudist camps, faith healing, children's parties and the beatniks and Teddy boys of Brighton's Whisky a Go Go, and meets TV chef Fanny Cradock, actress Shirley Anne Field and songstress supreme Shirley Bassey. Special features include newly recorded audio commentaries on selected programmes by a variety of contributors.
THE PROGRAMS
Out of Step: Nudism (1957)
Out of Step: Tune In to Nature's Radio (1957)
Out of Step: One Man Against the World (1958)
Out of Step: The Seventh Day (1958)
Keeping in Step: Children's Parties (1958)
Keeping in Step: This England (1958)
People in Trouble: Sex Education (1958)
People in Trouble: Unmarried Mothers (1958)
This Week: Teenage Girls (Fragment) (1958)
Success Story: The Cradocks (1959)
Success Story: Harry Edwards (1959)
Success Story: Lady Lewisham (1959)
Pursuit of Happiness: Rags to Glamour (1960)
Something to Say: Shirley Bassey (1964)
Living for Kicks (1960)
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: Farson became a larger-than-life fixture of Soho in the 1950s, socialising with the likes of artist Francis Bacon and photographer John Deakin. But he was also a groundbreaking investigative journalist, reshaping approaches to screen reportage with the many dynamic television films he presented for Associated-Rediffusion in the late 1950s and early 1960s, finding widespread fame and acclaim along the way. In this second volume of his work, Farson – who paved the way for programme-makers of the Louis Theroux school – turns his attention to nudist camps, faith healing, children's parties and the beatniks and Teddy boys of Brighton's Whisky a Go Go, and meets TV chef Fanny Cradock, actress Shirley Anne Field and songstress supreme Shirley Bassey. Special features include newly recorded audio commentaries on selected programmes by a variety of contributors.
THE PROGRAMS
Out of Step: Nudism (1957)
Out of Step: Tune In to Nature's Radio (1957)
Out of Step: One Man Against the World (1958)
Out of Step: The Seventh Day (1958)
Keeping in Step: Children's Parties (1958)
Keeping in Step: This England (1958)
People in Trouble: Sex Education (1958)
People in Trouble: Unmarried Mothers (1958)
This Week: Teenage Girls (Fragment) (1958)
Success Story: The Cradocks (1959)
Success Story: Harry Edwards (1959)
Success Story: Lady Lewisham (1959)
Pursuit of Happiness: Rags to Glamour (1960)
Something to Say: Shirley Bassey (1964)
Living for Kicks (1960)
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION
- NEW Audio commentaries on selected programmes by writer and publisher Mark Pilkington, writer Jenny Hammerton and the BFI's Vic Pratt, Milo Holmes, Chantelle Boyea, Dr Elinor Groom, Dr Josephine Botting, Lisa Kerrigan and William Fowler
- Illustrated booklet featuring new writing by the BFI's William Fowler, Vic Pratt, Dr Josephine Botting, Milo Holmes, Dr Elinor Groom, and Dick Fiddy plus contributions from Jenny Hammerton and Mark Pilkington
