Leyland Tractors: A Power on the Land 1969-1982 (DVD) - Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam

Film-makers Stephen Richmond and  Jonathan Whitlam are Leyland tractor enthusiasts and at the end of  this programme they take us round their own collection of this  marque. However, in the bulk of this fast-moving DVD they lay out the  complete story of the Leyland models including background on Nuffield  and Marshall.

Nuffield first. The account starts in  1948 with the Nuffield Universal and follows developments through the  M3, M4, DM4, 4DM, 342, 460 and the ten series. After a brief look at  the Bray 10/60 4 the Nuffield series is taken to its conclusion with  the 3/45 4/65 and 4/25.

The presenters then show how the blue  British Leyland tractors built on the Nuffield line they replaced.  One of the hallmarks of Leyland was slow evolution rather than rapid  product change. This is shown through the range that developed in the  early 1970s including the 344, 384, 154, 253, 245, 255, 270, 285 and  the powerful 2100. Four-wheel drive came in with the 485 and the  4100.