Stowe
Series exploring four iconic gardens looks at Stowe, which launched the career of Capability Brown and fostered a rebellion that overthrew the first British prime minister.
Stowe, one of the most remarkable creations of Georgian England, is the birthplace of the landscape garden. Created on a vast scale with 36 temples, eight lakes and a dozen avenues, Stowe launched the career of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown and fostered a rebellion that overthrew the first British prime minister, Robert Walpole.
Rather than being a garden of flowers and shrubs, Stowe is a garden of ideas and its grottos and classical monuments spell out a furious, coded political manifesto. Stowe's creator, Viscount Cobham, dreamt of climbing to the pinnacle of political power and establishing a long-lived dynasty, but less than a century after his death, his family was to become the most scandalous bankrupts in English history.
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Stowe from above
Duration: 02:07
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto For Two Mandolins In G Major Rv532 (Allegro)
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Producer | Ruairi Fallon |
Director | Ruairi Fallon |
Executive Producer | Katie Buchanan |
Broadcasts
- Tue 15 Apr 2014 21:00
- Wed 16 Apr 2014 02:50
- Thu 17 Apr 2014 23:00
- Mon 22 Sep 2014 20:00
- Tue 23 Sep 2014 01:45
- Thu 25 Sep 2014 23:00
- Mon 12 Jan 2015 21:00
- Tue 13 Jan 2015 02:40
- Wed 29 Jul 2015 20:00
- Thu 30 Jul 2015 01:00
- Mon 3 Oct 2016 20:00
- Wed 4 Oct 2017 23:00