Reel History of Britain
Season 1, Episode 16: Long to Reign Over Us
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Melvyn visits London's Horse Guard's parade to look back to the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and remember an event when the nation celebrated and television took off. Lady Jane Rayne shares her memories of being one of the six young women chosen to carry the royal train. Sandra Reekie is transported back to coronation day, when she watched the event live on television with twenty people crammed into the same room. And Ron Bygate recounts his memories of being one of the thousands of military troops lining the parade route as the Queen passed by.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Britain's Wartime Evacuees
Episode 2
Britain's First Teenagers
Episode 3
Soldier, Soldier
Episode 4
Britain's Black Diamonds
Episode 5
The Roaring Twenties
Episode 6
Britain's Home Guard
Episode 7
Britain's National Disgrace
Episode 8
Britain On the Move
Episode 9
The Glory Days of Fishing
Episode 10
Sun, Sea and Sangria
Episode 11
The Birth of the NHS
Episode 12
Steel Ships and Iron Men
Episode 13
A Right Royal Knees Up
Episode 14
Britain's Green and Pleasant Land
Episode 15
Britain's Secondary Modern Schools
Episode 16
Long to Reign Over Us
Episode 17
Streets in the Sky
Episode 18
The End of the Line
Episode 19
Dawn of a New Era
Episode 20
Beside the Seaside