Abroad Again in Britain (2005)
Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.
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Episodes
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1. Edinburgh Castle2005-08-02 · 1h 0mEdinburgh Castle. Built on the site of an extinct volcano, the history of one of Scotland's greatest landmarks is bloody, brutal and grimly fascinating. Jonathan Meades scales this
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2. Cragside House2005-08-09 · 1h 0mMagnificent mansion containing some surprising technological innovations.
Cragside is a country house in the civil parish of Cartington in Northumberland, England. It was the firs
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3. Salisbury Cathedral2005-08-16 · 1h 0mSalisbury Cathedral boasts the highest spire in Britain. Jonathan Meades, who was raised in its shadow, returns to one of the country's finest medieval buildings. He wonders how an
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4. Brighton Pavilion2005-08-23 · 1h 0mJonathan Meades ponders the exotic pleasure dome that is the bizarre legacy of the Prince Regent, George IV. Wild, theatrical and ostentatious, the folly is part Hindu, part Islami
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5. Portsmouth Dockyard2005-08-30 · 1h 0mFor centuries the world's biggest military/industrial complex, the dockyard stood as a testament to the fear of invasion, particularly by France. As he hears the stories of those w
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Jonathan MeadesSelfRalph Collis
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