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Tredegar House near Newport in Wales provides a colourful backdrop for a show that includes a carved coconut and a tapestry tribute to rock band Status Quo.
Tredegar House near Newport in Wales provides a colourful backdrop for a show that includes a carved coconut and a frog-shaped brooch, the story of a daring D-Day raid as told by a veteran commando and a tapestry woven in tribute to rock band Status Quo.
Fiona Bruce introduces one of the finest 17th-century houses in Britain, once home to the eccentric Evan Morgan, who as Viscount Tredegar dabbled in the occult and kept a menagerie of pets that included a boxing kangaroo and a baboon.
The team admire a Victorian brooch in the shape of a frog and an intricately carved coconut steeped in 18th-century maritime history, while a former Mastermind champion proudly shows off the glass vase he was awarded.
A World War II veteran tells the extraordinary story of a daring mission to inspect German defences before the D-Day landings and his eventual capture - and how he came to have a packet of cigarettes from Field Marshal Rommel.
In one of the most moving recordings of the series, specialist Marc Allum is left overwhelmed by the story of a large tapestry woven in tribute to rock band Status Quo by a young man paralysed by a motorcycle accident.
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Status Quo tapestry
Duration: 03:02
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Commando mission
Duration: 05:06
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:13Neil Richardson
Approaching Menace
Theme from 'Mastermind'
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00:47Status Quo
So Ends Another Life聽
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Fiona Bruce |
| Series Editor | Simon Shaw |
| Producer | Michele Burgess |
| Series Producer | Robert Murphy |
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