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The 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.

English
  • Originally Aired January 19, 1982
  • Runtime 90 minutes
  • Network BBC Two
  • Created April 12, 2017 by
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Name Type Role
Nigel Finch Director