On Saturday 12 November 2011 an eclectic range of British people turned the camera on themselves capturing the entertaining and mundane the exciting and unusual the poignant and the everyday The result Britain in a Day tells the fascinating story of the British public in their own words Following on from the feature film Life in a Day this 90minute film directed by BAFTA winner Morgan Matthews offers an extraordinarily candid look at 21stcentury life across the UK crafted from over 750 hours of footage including 11526 clips submitted to YouTube The documentary offers remarkable insight into the lives loves fears and hopes of people living in Britain today This captivating selfportrait of Britain forms part of the BBCs Cultural Olympiad
