Secrets of Great British Castles

Season 2

6 episodes · Oct 28, 2016

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  • Edinburgh Castle
    S2E1

    Edinburgh Castle

    Oct 28, 201645m

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

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  • Cardiff Castle
    S2E2

    Cardiff Castle

    Nov 4, 201645m

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

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  • York Castle
    S2E3

    York Castle

    Nov 18, 201645m

    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.

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  • Leeds Castle
    S2E4

    Leeds Castle

    Nov 25, 201645m

    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.

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  • Lancaster Castle
    S2E5

    Lancaster Castle

    Dec 2, 201645m

    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.

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  • Arundel Castle
    S2E6

    Arundel Castle

    Dec 9, 201645m

    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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