Series 1
(1978)
Cast
Episodes
Medieval and Elizabethan 0.0
November 1, 1978
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus go back in time to the medieval and Elizabethan period to explore the emergence of a disti…
Jacobean and Restoration 0.0
November 8, 1978
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus take a closer look at furniture made in the Jacobean and Restoration period. Designs of th…
William and Mary 0.0
November 15, 1978
When William and Mary ascended the throne, an influx of Dutch and German craftsmen meant the baroque style was in vogue…
Queen Anne and Early Georgian 0.0
November 22, 1978
In the days of Queen Anne and the early Georgian period, over-ornamentation was out, while walnut and mahogany were the…
Thomas Chippendale 0.0
November 29, 1978
The most famous name in English furniture, the 'high priest of mahogany', who saw the potential of the middle-class mar…
Robert Adam 0.0
December 6, 1978
This edition focuses on the work and classical styles of 18th-century Scottish architect and furniture-maker Robert Ada…
Elegance and Utility 0.0
December 13, 1978
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus look at the work of Gillows, Hepplewhite and Sheraton and see how new and exotic woods, br…
Regency 0.0
January 10, 1979
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus explore the splendour of the Regency period, as reflected in the flamboyant Royal Pavilion…
Victorian 0.0
January 17, 1979
The Great Exhibition, William Morris, art nouveau and a stylistic free-for-all. Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus explore th…
Twentieth Century 0.0
January 24, 1979
The last programme in the series examines the contribution of the 20th century and ranges from Edwardian furniture thro…