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We open with air to air shots of skydivers. Anne Diamond and Nick Owen introduce the programme from the helicopter which they will use to fly over the East Midlands. The first stop is Belvoir Castle. Aerial views of the castle. On the ground Anne watches a historic joust take place and chats to the Duke of Rutland. Further aerial views of the Vale of Belvoir. Aerial shots of Leicester city centre. Shots of women modelling hosiery in a Leicester factory. Aerial views of a steam hauled train on the Great Central Railway. Aerial shots of the Loughborough Carillon and shots of a man playing it. Aerial shots of Stanford Hall at Stanford on Soar in Nottinghamshire and views of hovercraft racing. Aerial views of Rutland Water.
Views of the Lincolnshire coast and views of caravans in Skegness. Aerial views of Butlins at Skegness. Ground level views of the Butlins funfair. Aerial shots of a diesel freight train crossing the Welland Viaduct between Northamptonshire and Rutland. Aerial views of Derby city centre. Aerial shot of the Rolls Royce factory in Derby. Ground level views of a Derby built vintage Rolls Royce car. Aerial views of Dovedale and the Peak District in Derbyshire. Aerial and ground level shots of trams at the tramway museum at Crich. Aerial views of Riber Castle and Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Shots of women wearing Janet Reger lingerie inside Chatsworth House. Views inside a lace factory (associated with Nottingham). Aerial views of the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Castle and the city centre. Shot of a woman riding a bicycle along a path, she arrives at the National Cycle Museum at Belton House in Lincolnshire. Shots of vintage bicycles including Nick Owen trying out a penny farthing.
Part two begins with aerial views of Thoresby Hall, Clumber Park and Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire. Aerial views of Wollaton Hall in Nottingham. Ground level views of the Mansfield miners' gala including the Labour party leader Michael Foot taking part. Aerial views of Clipstone Colliery followed by shots of West Burton power station on the River Trent. Aerial shots of North Leverton windmill followed by aerials of Newark town centre including the Castle. Anne and Nick next visit the Newark and Nottinghamshire Show where they look at livestock displays. Aerial views of Stapleford Park, Hardwick Hall, Boughton House and Northampton town centre. Shots of walking feet (to mention the town's shoe industry). Aerial views of Corby followed by Rockingham Castle, Church Langton in Leicestershire and Boston Stump. We continue with Breedon Hill followed by Chesterfield and the twisted spire and aerial views of the triangular lodge near Rushden and Lyveden New Bield.
We then see shots of dancers of the Zoom group rehearsing in a studio in Nottingham followed by shots of people disco dancing in a Nottingham night-club. Returning to the aerial views we see the Lincolnshire Fens, Tatteshall Castle, boats in the River Trent and views of Gainsborough. The final section shows another aerial flight over the East Midlands, this time in a Jet Provost from RAF Cranwell.
Helicopter pilot - John Badham
Cameraman - Gary Hughes
Sound Recordist - Roger Cowper
Dubbing Mixer - Peter Maxwell
Graphics - Jim Chalmers
Production Assistant - Margaret Madison
Film Editor - Roland Brason
Produced and Directed by David Gerrard
The programme was later re-edited to remove Anne Diamond and Nick Owen who had left Central Television and new sequences featuring Andy Craig, Anita Findley and Anna Soubry were inserted and the revised shorter version (now called 5 Counties High) was shown eleven months later in January 1984.