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The Shape of Things to Come

Name: The Shape of Things to Come
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-08-29
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Barbara Flynn, Jonathan Glancey, James Hamilton-Paterson

Episode aired Aug 29, 2012

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6.5/10

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Barbara Flynn

Self - Narrator
(voice)

Jonathan Glancey

Self - Design Writer and Historian

James Hamilton-Paterson

Self - Author, 'Empire of the Clouds'

Al McLean

Self - RAF Museum Cosford and Former BA Pilot

Patrick Hassell

Self - Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust

Scott Henderson

Self - Author, 'Silent Swift Superb'

George Edwards

Self - Chief Designer of Vickers Viscount
(archive footage)

Ron Macdonald

Self - Pilot 1951-1990

Nigel Fountain

Self - Journalist and Author

John Cunningham

Self - De Havilland Test Pilot
(archive footage)

Bill Morgan

Self - Bristol Aero Collection

Norman Tebbit

Self - BOAC Pilot and Navigator 1953-1970
(as Lord Tebbitt)

Simon Calder

Self - Travel Writer, The Independent

Allen Greenwood

Self - Sales Director BAC 1962

Celia Jarvis

Self - Former BOAC Air Hostess

Roberta Greenwood

Self - Former BOAC Air Hostess

Giles Guthrie

Self - Chairman, BOAC
(archive footage)
(as Sir Giles Guthrie)

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6.57

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[Lord Tebbit points to a large handle on the ceiling of the cockpit in a Bristol Britannia]
Lord Tebbit: It was the first really very, very electrical aeroplane. But that had a downside, of course, in that if you lost the electrics you were in real big trouble. That's when this switch came in. And basically it would disconnect all the generators and then reconnect them again. And you should get at least *some* of your electrical services back again. It was known, inevitably, as the Jesus Christ switch, because that was the only occasion when you'd use it, at that moment when everybody on the flight desk was saying "Jesus Christ!". And you'd grab it and hopefully all power would be restored. Very useful!