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Travels With My Beard

Synopsis

An authored comedy documentary about what becoming a brown bloke with a beard reveals to the filmmaker about Britain after the July 2005 London bombings. Part of BBC3's 'Mischief' strand.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
57 mins 20 secs
Format
DigiBeta
Director
Rajesh Thind, Sean Smith, Danny Collins
Producer
Ben Gale, Alan Hayling
Co-Producer
Ben Gale, Alan Hayling
Editor
Danny Collins
Director of Photography
Sean Smith, Rajesh Thind
Sound
Sean Smith, Rajesh Thind
Principal cast
Rajesh Thind (Himself)

Genre

Asian Comedy

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

BBC

White City
London W12
UK

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