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The Private Life of the Ford Cortina

01/19/1982

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0hr 45min

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Documentary

STORY

A ski run in Italy, a supermarket manager in Luton, a sandwich bar in London EC2, Arena opens the bonnet of the Ford Cortina, Britain's most popular, most stolen, and most misunderstood car. 'Dagenham dustbin'? 'Poor man's Rolls-Royce'? In the year that may well see the end of a legend, some of the motoring public, including Sir John Betjeman, Tom Robinson, Alexei Sayle, Sir Terence Beckett and Magnus Magnusson take apart the Ford Cortina: Life and Works 1962-1982.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Alexei Sayle
  • Magnus Magnusson
  • John McVicar
  • John Betjeman
  • Tom Robinson

    Directors

  • Nigel Finch
  • Alan Lewens
  • Pascoe Macfarlane

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • BBC Arena

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Alexei Sayle

Self - Presenter

Magnus Magnusson

Self - Mastermind Questionmaster

John Betjeman

Self

Tom Robinson

Self

Stephen Bayley

Self

Paul Welton

Self

Fiona Richmond

Self

Sir Terence Beckett

Self