Daniel Farson's Guide to Britain Vol.2 [Dual Format]- PRE-ORDER-7-SEPTEMBER-2026

Brash, bohemian and boozy, bon-vivant Daniel Farson became a larger-than-life fixture of Soho in the 1950s, socialising

with the likes of artist Francis Bacon and photographer John Deakin. But he was also a ground-breaking investigative

journalist, reshaping approaches to screen reportage with the many dynamic television films he presented for

Associated-Rediffusion in the late 1950s and early 1960s, finding widespread fame and acclaim.

In this second volume, join this vanguard intrepid investigator – who paved the way for later programme-makers of the

Louis Theroux school – as he explores a nudist camp, declines still-living sea food served up by Fanny Cradock, listens to

plant leaves with the aid of an eerie electronic machine, talks to Teddy Boys and Beatniks at the Whiskey a Go Go, visits a

faith healer, surprises a Seventh Day Adventist, gets bonked by balloons alongside children's entertainer Uncle Bertie, is

strongly advised to seek therapy by actress Shirley Anne Field, and goes soul searching with songstress-supreme Shirley

Bassey. Plus: much, much more.

The Films

Out of Step: Tune in to Nature’s Radio (1957, 14 mins)

Out of Step: Nudism (1957, 14 mins)

Out of Step: One Man Against the World (1957, 14 mins)

Out of Step: The Seventh Day (1957, 14 mins)

Keeping in Step: Children’s Parties (1958, 13 mins)

Keeping in Step: This England (1958, 14 mins)

This Week: Teenage Girls (1958, 3-minute extract)

People in Trouble: Unmarried Mothers (1958, 14 mins)

People in Trouble: Sex Education (1958, 13 mins)

Success Story: The Cradocks (1959, 13 mins)

Success Story: Lady Lewisham (1959, 13 mins)

Success Story: Harry Edwards (1959, 13 mins)

Pursuit of Happiness: Rags to Glamour (1960, 14 mins)

Something to Say: Shirley Bassey (1964, 27 mins)

Living For Kicks (1960, 39 mins)

Extras

· Audio commentaries on Out of Step: Nudism and Out of Step: Tune In to Nature’s Radio by Mark Pilkington

· Audio commentaries on Out of Step: One Man Against the World by William Fowler and on Keeping in Step: This

England and Living For Kicks by William Fowler and Vic Pratt

· Audio commentary on Keeping in Step: Children’s Parties by Dr Elinor Groom

· Audio commentaries on People in Trouble: Unmarried Mothers and People in Trouble: Sex Education by Chantelle

Boyea and Milo Holmes

· Audio commentary by Jenny Hammerton and Lisa Kerrigan on Success Story: The Cradocks

· Audio commentary by Dr Josephine Botting on Pursuit of Happiness: Rags to Glamour

· Includes newly created optional English descriptive subtitles

· Illustrated booklet featuring new writing by the BFI’s William Fowler, Vic Pratt, Dr Josephine Botting, Milo Holmes,

Dr Elinor Groom, and Dick Fiddy plus contributions from Jenny Hammerton and Mark Pilkington

USPs

· Previously unreleased on any home entertainment format

· Fascinating insights into post-war British society

· Ground-breaking TV from the Associated-Rediffusion archive features subjects including Nudism and Unmarried

Mothers and profiles of Shirley Bassey and Shirley Anne Field