Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
Season 3 Episode 2 of 6
In Knole House, the Tudor ancestral seat of the Sackville family, a life-size nude statue of 18th-century ballet dancer Giovana Zanerini is being conserved to slow the aging process and restore her looks. And at the traditional Lake District farmhouse Townend, a key part of the archive of the Browne family of yeoman farmers - a bound volume of 18th-century letters - is being conserved using traditional book-binding skills
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust airs on BBC Two HD at 6:00 PM, Saturday 24 May. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
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Olly Rose
Director
Sam Roubicek
Director
Gemma Duncan
Producer