Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments - Season 1

Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments - Season 1

Season 1

Network
DatesFeb 17, 2000 - Mar 30, 2000

Episodes

Forts and Castles
Season 1Episode 130 min

Forts and Castles

Steeplejack Fred Dibnah tours Britain's engineering marvels. This edition visits Warwick, Edinburgh and Conwy to explore the development of the fortress.

Feb 17, 2000
Houses and Palaces
Season 1Episode 230 min

Houses and Palaces

Steeplejack Fred Dibnah tours Britain's engineering marvels. In this programme, he visits Hampton Court Palace and Cragside, one of the first homes to have electric lighting. He also examines restoration work on a 15th-century manor house.

Feb 24, 2000
Places of Worship
Season 1Episode 330 min

Places of Worship

Steeplejack Fred Dibnah tours Britain admiring some of its engineering marvels. This edition takes in Preston, County Durham, St Paul's Cathedral and York Minster.

Mar 2, 2000
Places of Work
Season 1Episode 430 min

Places of Work

Fred Dibnah continues his tour of Britain's great building feats with a look at our places of work.

In Chatham he visits one of our oldest dockyards, while at Armley Mills in Leeds he discovers an early form of fireproofing.

His journey takes him from a 1,000-year-old tithe barn in Sussex, where he tries his hand at thatching, to the symbol of modern architecture, the Lloyd's building.

Mar 16, 2000
Bridges and Tunnels
Season 1Episode 530 min

Bridges and Tunnels

Fred Dibnah looks at some of the great achievements in civil engineering, from the earliest wrought iron suspension bridge to the Channel Tunnel.

Mar 23, 2000
Pleasure Palaces
Season 1Episode 630 min

Pleasure Palaces

Steeplejack Fred Dibnah tours Britain admiring some of its engineering marvels.

This edition focuses on structures that have been built for arts, leisure and entertainment purposes, including the Globe Theatre, the Victoria and Albert Museum and Blackpool Tower.

Mar 30, 2000

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