Secrets of Great British Castles

2015

Seasons & Episodes

  • 2
  • 1

EP1 Edinburgh Castle Oct 28, 2016

Edinburgh's handsome hilltop bastion is Scotland's most popular paid tourist attraction, but it also packs some formidable defences.

EP2 Cardiff Castle Nov 04, 2016

Dan Jones explores the history of the Welsh capital's landmark, Cardiff Castle, and discovers more about the various incarnations over the centuries.

EP3 York Castle Nov 18, 2016

In medieval England, the North was ruled from York. Dan Jones explores the history of its castle, from the Viking Jorvik and the Normans, through the dark days of the anti-Jewish pogrom and the imprisonment of the Knights Templar, to one of its most colourful inmates - the legendary highwayman Dick Turpin.

EP4 Leeds Castle Nov 25, 2016

Dan Jones explores the 900-year history of the beautiful Leeds Castle in Kent, from its origins as a royal Saxon family's manor and Norman stronghold to the private property of six medieval queens, a Tudor palace, a Jacobean country house, a Georgian mansion and an elegant 20th-century retreat for the rich and famous.

EP5 Lancaster Castle Dec 02, 2016

Dan Jones visits Lancaster Castle to explore its grisly history of crime and punishment, including the infamous Lancashire Witches trials and the martyrdom of the Jesuit priest Saint Edmund Arrowsmith.

EP6 Arundel Castle Dec 09, 2016

Dan Jones visits the heart of the English countryside to explore Arundel Castle and the dramatic history of the Earls of Arundel.
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Released: 03 April 2015 Ended
Producted By: Channel 5
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.channel5.com/show/secrets-of-great-british-castles
Synopsis

Historian Dan Jones explores the millennium of history behind six of Great Britain's most famous castles: Warwick, Dover, Caernarfon, the Tower of London, Carrickfergus, and Stirling.

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