St Pancras
Dr Jonathan Foyle studies St Pancras, a masterpiece of Victorian design. He investigates the techniques used to construct both the train terminal and the Midland Hotel.
Dr Jonathan Foyle, architectural historian and novice climber, scales Britain's most iconic structures dating from the Normans to the present day, to reveal the buildings' secrets and tell the story of how our architecture and construction has developed over 1,000 years.
The next step Jonathan's journey takes him to King's Cross St Pancras, a masterpiece of Victorian design, widely regarded as London's most stunning and romantic station.
With unprecedented access to St Pancras, aided by champion climber Lucy Creamer, Jonathan scales all over the buildings to investigate the innovations and techniques used to construct both the train terminal and the elegant Midland Hotel. On the Midland Hotel, Jonathan climbs over 240 feet up the immense clock tower to explain how Britain had different time zones until the advent of stations like St Pancras. He discovers water-powered elevators, why penthouses used to be on the ground floor, and how the hotel was almost doomed to failure by only providing nine bathrooms for 400 bedrooms.
And in the station he scales the incredible glass span roof that crosses the main terminal - the largest of its kind in the world - to reveal the brilliance of its construction, how St Pancras was built on beer and why it took a poet to save one of London's greatest landmarks from being torn down.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Jonathan Foyle |
Participant | Lucy Creamer |
Camera Operator | Ian Burton |
Director | Emma Gray |
Series Producer | Adam Barry |
Executive Producer | Emma Read |
Broadcasts
- Tue 21 Sep 2010 18:30成人快手 HD & 成人快手 Two
- Fri 4 Feb 2011 13:45成人快手 Two Northern Ireland & England only
- Mon 7 Feb 2011 14:30成人快手 Two Scotland
- Sat 12 Feb 2011 03:10
- Fri 4 Mar 2011 18:00成人快手 HD
- Sat 5 Mar 2011 12:00成人快手 Two Wales
- Tue 23 Aug 2011 18:00成人快手 HD
- Fri 23 Sep 2011 18:30成人快手 HD
- Tue 24 Jan 2012 19:30
- Wed 18 Jul 2012 13:00
- Wed 20 Sep 2023 19:30