Castles: Britain's Fortified History
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Castles: Britain's Fortified History
The story of Edward I, who turned the castle into an instrument of colonization.
30. Sept. 2026
Times in America/New_York
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The story of Edward I, who turned the castle into an instrument of colonization.
How castle ruins took on a unique appeal, embodying a nostalgia for an age of chivalry.
Dan Cruickshank reveals the buildings which cemented the monarch's claim to the throne.
A new style emerged as monarchs demanded that architecture proclaim their right to rule.
We go behind the imposing iron gates of the Royal Family's favorite holiday home.
The death of Edward VII in 1910 rocks Sandringham and the royals.
In 1952, tragedy struck as King George VI died suddenly in his sleep.
Fiona Bruce visits Buckingham Palace and learns of its long history.
Fiona Bruce visits Windsor Castle, the world's oldest and largest inhabited castle.
Fiona Bruce visits one of Britain's smallest palaces, Edinburgh's Palace of Holyroodhouse.
George squeezes into an Edwardian Workers Cottage which is half the size of a squash court
George visits a handsome turn-of-the-century terraced home.
George is out and about with his sledgehammer - knocking holes in a fake Tudor ceiling.
George hopes for a clean sweep with a redundant chimney.
George has some radical ideas to redesign an Edwardian home.
George offers a sympathetic hand with a monster Victorian semi and a beautiful Regency conversion.
In West Yorkshire, Pip is moving back into the home that she grew up in.
George takes on a project that is part period house, part dog's dinner.
George tackles a heavy chandelier in a Georgian townhouse in Yorkshire.
George takes on a 16th-century listed Cotswold cottage with some nasty surprises.
George helps out at the restoration of an Edwardian arts-and-crafts terraced house.
George meets a family of five with a Victorian coach house that's more 1960s than 1860s.
George takes on a classic 1930s terraced home with a tiny kitchen and two mismatched fireplaces.
A Georgian farmhouse gets an industrial-style extension. A terrace has a layout makeover.
A Worthing home finds modern flair while a 17th-century cottage gets a makeover in Worcestershire.
In Stratford-upon-Avon, George helps Laura and Jonnie to transform their mock-Tudor house.
In Clapham, Masum and Maria's Victorian terraced home no longer works for their family.