Miniseries
(2005)
Overview
Jonathan Meades explores some of the most exciting buildings and sites around Britain. The title refers to an architectural series Meades made for BBC Two in the 1990s called Abroad in Britain. He visits an imposing English Gothic building with the largest cloisters in Britain, one of Scotland's greatest landmarks,, a magnificent mansion containing some surprising technological innovations, the largest industrial site in the world 200 years ago and the exuberant seaside home that George IV bui…
Cast
as Self
Episodes
Edinburgh Castle 0.0
August 2, 2005
Edinburgh Castle. Built on the site of an extinct volcano, the history of one of Scotland's greatest landmarks is blood…
Cragside House 0.0
August 9, 2005
Magnificent mansion containing some surprising technological innovations. Cragside is a country house in the civil par…
Salisbury Cathedral 0.0
August 16, 2005
Salisbury Cathedral boasts the highest spire in Britain. Jonathan Meades, who was raised in its shadow, returns to one …
Brighton Pavilion 0.0
August 23, 2005
Jonathan Meades ponders the exotic pleasure dome that is the bizarre legacy of the Prince Regent, George IV. Wild, thea…
Portsmouth Dockyard 0.0
August 30, 2005
For centuries the world's biggest military/industrial complex, the dockyard stood as a testament to the fear of invasio…