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Abroad Again in Britain

Abroad Again in Britain

★ 9.0/10•2005•1h 0m•Documentary
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Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.

Jonathan Meades · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateAug 2, 2005

Episodes

Episode 1 - Edinburgh CastleE160m

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh 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 most enduring of icons and visits its gentler neighbour, Holyrood Palace.

Aug 2, 2005

Episode 2 - Cragside HouseE260m

Cragside House

Magnificent mansion containing some surprising technological innovations. Cragside is a country house in the civil parish of Cartington in Northumberland, England. It was the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power. Built into a rocky hillside above a 4 km² forest garden, it was the country home of Lord Armstrong and has been in the care of the National Trust since 1977.

Aug 9, 2005

Episode 3 - Salisbury CathedralE360m

Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury 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 atheist can love a building dedicated to the propagation of medieval superstitions and fears.

Aug 16, 2005

Episode 4 - Brighton PavilionE460m

Brighton Pavilion

Jonathan 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 Islamic, part Chinese, and wholly inauthentic.

Aug 23, 2005

Episode 5 - Portsmouth DockyardE560m

Portsmouth Dockyard

For 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 who have lived and worked there, Jonathan Meades considers its role as an instrument for the generation of dread.

Aug 30, 2005

Actors

Jonathan Meades

Jonathan Meades

Self

Ralph Collis

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