Britain's First Photo Album โ Season 1, Episode 2: Gravesend to Broadstairs
29 min โข 1 season, 10 episodes
Episode synopsis
John Sergeant travels along the North Kent coast from Gravesend to Broadstairs and finds out how much it has changed since Frith was there over a century ago; he also takes his own modern-day photographs. He hitches a ride on a Thames sailing barge, finding out what people used to do in their leisure time in the 19th century, and drops in on the new owners of Charles Dickens's favourite holiday home.
About Britain's First Photo Album
Britainโs First Photo Album traces the extraordinary achievement of the pioneering Victorian photographer Francis Frith and his team. Frith embarked upon a colossal project to photograph as much of Great Britain as possible during the second half of the 19th century. In this series John Sergeant sets out to follow in Francis Frithโs footsteps to find out more about โBritainโs First Photo Albumโ and celebrate our shared past.