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The Antiques Roadshow visits Durham Cathedral, where treasures include a sweetheart brooch, a giant Victorian penknife and secret D-Day documents.
The Antiques Roadshow visits Durham Cathedral, a place of pilgrimage for almost a thousand years, where treasures include a sweetheart brooch linked to the Grenadier Guards, a giant Victorian penknife and secret documents that offer new information about the D-Day landings.
Jewellery specialist Joanna Hardy admires a sweetheart brooch associated with the Grenadier Guards and hears how its owner bought it in a hospice shop - and has a generous plan to use it to raise more funds for the charity.
A young boy with an interest in military history shares the story of his grandfather's courageous service as a navigator in the RAF, and the owners of two portraits by Norman Cornish, an artist who documented life in the pit communities, discover surprising connections between their families and paintings.
Specialist Paul Atterbury is intrigued by a set of secret documents that relate to the D-Day landings in 1944, they include alternative codewords for the critical operation that may never have been previously revealed.
There's a also a giant pestle and mortar once used to pound herbs and spices in a grand country house kitchen, a coachman's knife with a tool for every occasion and a vintage sunlamp bought from a charity shop on the way to the Roadshow itself.
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Two portraits by Norman Cornish
Duration: 05:19
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D-Day documents
Duration: 05:54
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Louis Armstrong
Mack the Knife
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Samuel Barber
String Quartet in D Minor
Composer: Jean Sibelius. -
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Karl Jenkins
Adiemus Variations IV
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: The Smith Quartet.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Fiona Bruce |
| Producer | Michele Burgess |
| Series Producer | Robert Murphy |
| Editor | Simon Shaw |
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