The Private Life of the Ford Cortina (1982)
45m
Running Time
January 19, 1982Release Date

The Private Life of the Ford Cortina (1982)
45m
Running Time
January 19, 1982Release Date
Plot.
A ski run in Italy, a supermarket manager in Luton, a sandwich bar in London EC2, Arena opens the bonnet of the Ford Cortina, Britain's most popular, most stolen, and most misunderstood car. 'Dagenham dustbin'? 'Poor man's Rolls-Royce'? In the year that may well see the end of a legend, some of the motoring public, including Sir John Betjeman, Tom Robinson, Alexei Sayle, Sir Terence Beckett and Magnus Magnusson take apart the Ford Cortina: Life and Works 1962-1982.
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Cast & Crew.

Alexei Sayle
Self - Presenter

Magnus Magnusson
Self - Mastermind Questionmaster

John McVicar
Self

John Betjeman
Self

Tom Robinson
Self

Stephen Bayley
Self

Paul Welton
Self

Fiona Richmond
Self

Sir Terence Beckett
Self

Nigel Finch
Director

Anthony Wall
Producer

Alan Yentob
Executive Producer

John Hooper
Lighting Camera / Sound

Ardan Fisher
Editor

Alan Lewens
Editor

Tony Cornell
Production Design

Richard Boulter
Sound

Geoff Cutting
Sound Mixer

Chris Lovelock
Sound

Richard Manton
Sound

Pascoe Macfarlane
Camera Operator

Johannes W. Morlog
Camera Operator

Laurie Rush
Camera Operator

Mike Southon
Camera Operator

Colin Waldeck
Camera Operator

Nigel Walters
Camera Operator

May Miller
Production Assistant
