Jump Britain is a 2005 documentary

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 about free running

Free running

Freerunning is a form of urban acrobatics in which participants, known as freerunners , use the city and rural landscape to perform movements through its structures...

. Directed by Mike Christie and produced by Carbon Media, it is a sequel to Channel 4's Jump London

Jump London

Jump London is a documentary first broadcast by Channel 4 about parkour and free running in September 2003, directed by Mike Christie and produced by Optomen Television. It later spawned a sequel, Jump Britain that first aired in January 2005...

. Two of the three free runners from Jump London, Sébastien Foucan

Sebastien Foucan

Sébastien Foucan is a French actor of Guadeloupean descent. Along with David Belle he is considered one of the founders of parkour and is the creator of free running. He is known as a representative of, and ambassador for parkour and free running to many countries...

 and Jérôme Ben Aoues

Jerome Ben Aoues

Jérôme Ben Aoues has been practising parkour since he met Sébastien Foucan, almost immediately after the creation of the popular movement art parkour...

, appear alongside the members of Urban freeflow

Urban freeflow

Urban Freeflow is a UK based limited company that was started in 2003 and is active in the discipline of free-running.-Origins:...

, as they interact with numerous famous landmarks all over Britain.
Another section of the documentary sees various members of Urban Freeflow

Urban freeflow

Urban Freeflow is a UK based limited company that was started in 2003 and is active in the discipline of free-running.-Origins:...

 go on a 'pilgrimage' to Lisses

Lisses

Lisses is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.One of the main landmarks of the town is the Dame du Lac, a man-made architectural climbing structure in the Parc du Lac , which is commonly used to practice parkour on, but is currently closed to the public, due to...

, France. The trip includes a visit to the famous Dame Du Lac.

Free running

Free running

Freerunning is a form of urban acrobatics in which participants, known as freerunners , use the city and rural landscape to perform movements through its structures...

 is a physical discipline which grew from Parkour

Parkour

Parkour is a method of movement focused on moving around obstacles with speed and efficiency. Originally developed in France, the main purpose of the discipline is to teach participants how to move through their environment by vaulting, rolling, running, climbing and jumping...

, led by David Belle

David Belle

David Belle is well known as the founder of Parkour. Belle founded Parkour based on his training and the teachings from his father Raymond Belle. The discipline has since spread around the world and now has adherents in virtually every country...

. The free runners tackle some of the UK's most iconic sites including Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle is a fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position atop the volcanic Castle Rock. Human habitation of the site is dated back as far as the 9th century BC, although the nature of early settlement is unclear...

 and the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland, the Giant's Causeway

Giant's Causeway

The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles northeast of the town of Bushmills...

 and Derry

Derry

Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"...

's walls in Northern Ireland, the Millennium Stadium

Millennium Stadium

The Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales, located in the capital, Cardiff. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and also frequently stages games of the Wales national football team, but is also host to many other large scale events, such as the Super Special Stage...

 in Cardiff, the Tyne Bridge

Tyne Bridge

The Tyne Bridge is a through arch bridge over the River Tyne in North East England, linking Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead. It was designed by the engineering firm Mott, Hay and Anderson, who later designed the Forth Road Bridge, and was built by Dorman Long and Co. of Middlesbrough. At the time...

 in Newcastle and the International Convention Centre

International Convention Centre, Birmingham

The International Convention Centre is a major conference venue in central Birmingham, England. The centre includes Symphony Hall and it faces Centenary Square. The building has another entrance leading to the canals of Birmingham. The Convention Quarter area, which includes Brindleyplace, is...

 in Birmingham. The original soundtrack was composed by Ian Masterson

Ian Masterson

Ian Masterson is a media composer, electronic musician and pop producer. Since the early 90s he has produced and remixed songs for a range of pop acts including Dannii Minogue, Kylie Minogue, Girls Aloud, Sheena Easton, Atomic Kitten, Geri Halliwell, Bananarama, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Lorie and the...

 and Thomas Beach, and was released on iTunes

ITunes

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, as well as appearing as an extra on the DVD

DVD

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release.

External links

• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5901806041431700202
• http://www.carbonhq.com
• http://www.thomasbeach.com