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Secrets of the Castle

Season 1, Episode Number 1 (Why Build a Castle?)

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Released: 2014-11-18

Runtime: 60 minutes

Episode Overview

Peter and Tom set to work learning how to construct a spiral staircase.

Series Overview

How do you build a medieval castle from scratch? Domestic historian Ruth Goodman and archeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold make perhaps their most ambitious foray into the past as they head to France to take part in a build that has been underway since 1997. Our intrepid history adventurers join this magnificent construction at Guédelon Castle to recreate authentic medieval castle living from within its rising walls.

Genres

  • Documentary

Production Companies

  • Lion Television (GB)

Additional Information

Popularity: 1.2397

Vote Average: 9.4 (5 votes)

Status: Ended

Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04sv5nc