Private Life of the Ford Cortina

Private Life of the Ford Cortina

45 mins | Documentary | Jan. 19, 1982

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.

Private Life of the Ford Cortina

45 mins | Documentary | Jan. 19, 1982

Private Life of the Ford Cortina
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.
Producers
Original title Private Life of the Ford Cortina
Directors Nigel Finch
Writers

Cast

Alexei Sayle

as Self - Presenter

Magnus Magnusson

as Self - Mastermind Questionmaster

John McVicar

as Self

John Betjeman

as Self

Tom Robinson

as Self

Stephen Bayley

as Self

Paul Welton

as Self

Fiona Richmond

as Self