Poster of Cast and Crew in Arena - Private Life of the Ford Cortina (Season 1 - Episode 173) - Private Life of the Ford Cortina

Arena - Season 1 - Private Life of the Ford Cortina (Episode 173)

Plot: 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
Episode Aired On:
Tuesday, January 19 1982
43 years ago