Britain's First Photo Album: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Broadcaster John Sergeant follows in the footsteps of Victorian pioneer photographer Francis Frith who, in the 1860s embarked upon a monumental mission to attempt to document every city, town and village in Britain. John travels the country to discover more about this extraordinary man and his team and the unique record they left behind. John finds out what has changed, what has stayed the same and what has gone forever, and along the way he takes his own photographs inspired by the image taken by a Frith cameraman.

Series details

• Title: Britain's First Photo Album
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 2012-03-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-03-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11233
• TVDB ID: 257231

Cast and credited roles

• John Sergeant — John Sergeant

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-03-12; final listed air date 2012-03-22; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Britain's First Photo Album on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.