British Swimming Pools: A Brief History of Fun

UK tv documentary in which Dr Matthew Sweet explore why the British turned swimming into a leisure activity. Captain Webb, the first man to swim the channel, sparked a Victorian craze for the sport - just when hygeine campaigners were building new 'public baths'. Matthew visits the only grade II listed pool still in public use - as well as the immense, outdoor and unheated Tooting Bec lido. From 2006.