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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…

Episodes

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August 2, 2005

Edinburgh Castle. Built on the site of an extinct volcano, the history of one of Scotland's greatest landmarks is blood…

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August 9, 2005

Magnificent mansion containing some surprising technological innovations. Cragside is a country house in the civil par…

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August 16, 2005

Salisbury Cathedral boasts the highest spire in Britain. Jonathan Meades, who was raised in its shadow, returns to one …

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August 23, 2005

Jonathan Meades ponders the exotic pleasure dome that is the bizarre legacy of the Prince Regent, George IV. Wild, thea…

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August 30, 2005

For centuries the world's biggest military/industrial complex, the dockyard stood as a testament to the fear of invasio…