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The Ponds

The Ponds (2018)

Documentary | UK

Director: Patrick McLennan, Samuel Smith

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30/11/2021

Rating: 7.5/10

SYNOPSIS

Twelve months spent following the year-round swimmers who frequent the Men's, Ladies' and Mixed Ponds on Hampstead Heath, London - unique bathing spots in which people have taken the waters since the days of Byron, Keats and John Constable.

Writer: Patrick McLennan

Producer: Christopher Hird, Patrick McLennan

RUNTIME: 76 min

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