Three 1-hour films exploring British folk music from the rebirth of English romance to the latter day revival.
Buy Movie Folk Britannia
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Rock Island Line |
Leadbelly: writer, performer
Lonnie Donegan: performer, messages.music arranger
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Dirty Old Town |
Ewan MacColl: writer, performer
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Orinoco Flow |
Enya: writer, performer
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All Around My Hat |
Steeleye Span: performer
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John Henry |
Woody Guthrie: performer
Big Bill Broonzy: performer
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee: performer
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This Land Is Your Land |
Woody Guthrie: writer, performer
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Goodnight Irene |
Leadbelly: writer
The Weavers: performer
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Boys from the County Hell |
Shane MacGowan: writer
The Pogues: performer
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Shirt of Blue |
The Men They Couldn't Hang: writer, performer
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Orinoco Flow |
Roma Ryan: writer
Nicky Ryan: writer
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The Half-Remarkable Question |
The Incredible String Band: performer
Robin Williamson: writer
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Foggy Dew |
Benjamin Britten: performer
Peter Pears: performer
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Country Blues |
Peggy Seeger: performer
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She Moved Through The Fair |
John McCormack: performer
Margaret Barry: performer
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The Turfman From Ardee |
Margaret Barry: performer
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The Blacksmith |
Shirley Collins: performer
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Shirt of Blue |
Paul Simmonds: writer
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Fairytale of New York |
Jem Finer: writer
Shane MacGowan: writer
The Pogues: performer
Kirsty MacColl: performer
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Anji |
Davy Graham: writer, performer
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Clyde's Bonny Banks |
Ewan MacColl: performer
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Pick a Bale of Cotton |
Leadbelly: performer
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Maggie May |
A.L. Bert Lloyd: performer
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A Champion At Keeping 'Em Rolling |
Ewan MacColl: writer, performer
Jack Elliott: performer
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The Row Between the Cages |
Ewan MacColl: performer
Thomas Armstrong: writer
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Whiskey With Me Giro' (based on 'Whiskey in the Jar |
The Men They Couldn't Hang: performer, messages.music arranger
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Belfast Child' (based on 'She Moves Through the Fair |
Simple Minds: performer
Charlie Burchill: writer
Jim Kerr: writer
Mick MacNeil: writer
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The Whitby Lad |
Eliza Carthy: performer
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