Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments
Houses and Palaces
Season 1 Episode 2 of 6
The former steeplejack celebrates Britain's houses and palaces, travelling from the grandeur of Hampton Court in west London to a homely terrace in Beamish in Co Durham. He also visits Cragside, Northumberland, one of the first homes to have electric lighting, and helps restore a 15th-century manor in Kent by demonstrating how plaster used to be made
Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments airs on BBC Four at 2:10 AM, Wednesday 13 August. (Subtitles.)
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Fred Dibnah
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David Hall
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