Opening the Palace Doors
The interwar period was a difficult time for many of Britain's greatest palaces, but more recent times saw restoration and conservation on a new scale.
With the widowhood of Queen Victoria, the glorious life of palaces almost came to an abrupt end. There would be just one final flowering of palatial style just before the First World War, on an imperial scale - the redesign of Buckingham Palace and The Mall. The interwar period was a difficult time for many of Britain's best palaces, forced into a half-life of grace-and-favour accommodation for exiled royalty and aristocracy down on their luck. But more recent times would see restoration and conservation on a new scale and, with it, detective work to uncover palace secrets.
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Clips
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The new drawbridge at the Tower of London
Duration: 02:22
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Deathwatch beetle
Duration: 03:45
Music Played
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Brice Davoli
Castle In The Sky
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Dan Cruickshank |
Producer | Graham Cooper |
Director | Graham Cooper |
Broadcasts
- Wed 2 Jul 2014 21:00
- Thu 3 Jul 2014 02:45
- Mon 7 Jul 2014 22:50
- Thu 23 Oct 2014 20:00
- Thu 21 Jan 2016 20:00
- Fri 22 Jan 2016 01:10
- Wed 28 Jun 2017 00:00
- Tue 24 Apr 2018 22:00
- Thu 7 Feb 2019 01:00
- Wed 23 Oct 2019 00:05