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History of the Future: Cars

Phill Jupitus looks at how we thought the car of the future was going to turn out and finds out why it didn't happen that way, focusing on the classic era of the 50s and 60s.

Phill Jupitus looks at how we thought the car of the future was going to turn out and finds out why it didn't happen that way, focusing on the classic era of the 50s and 60s, a time when they hadn't quite yet worked out how to make cars fly and instead just made them look like they could.

In his quest to trace the dream car of his childhood, Phill visits the places where the future of motoring seemed to have arrived and learns about the visionaries who let their imaginations rove in the heroic days before marketing and 'sustainability' domesticated the car into the homogenous transports we see today.

The documentary is shot on location in Detroit's Henry Ford Museum and GM Heritage Centre, and the Science Museum in London, and has interviews with Jonathan Glancey and Sir Clive Sinclair.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 28 Aug 2019 19:30
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:05

    Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers

    Roadrunner

  • 00:18

    The Chemical Brothers

    Where Do I Begin

  • 00:20

    Jet Harris & Tony Meehan

    Diamonds

  • 00:20

    The Clash

    London Calling

  • 00:24

    Depeche Mode

    Just Can't Get Enough

Credit

Presenter Phill Jupitus

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