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Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments

Episode 1: Forts and Castles

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

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

Contributors

Presenter:
Fred Dibnah
Executive Producer:
Claire Powell
Executive Producer:
Mike Greenwood

Dan Cruickshank looks at the extravagant 19th-century castles and palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, believing them to be the work of an architectural genius ahead of his time. Show more

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the BBC's John Simpson goes back to examine his reports and consider why history did not turn out quite the way he expected. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Simpson
Interviewed Guest:
Timothy Garton-Ash
Interviewed Guest:
Edward Lucas
Interviewed Guest:
Mark McCauley
Interviewed Guest:
Sabina Mihelj
Director:
Des Henderson

Blood of the Clans

Series 1

The Highland Rogue

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 6 months

Neil Oliver uncovers the story of a Scottish legend, Rob Roy MacGregor. For centuries, Rob has been celebrated as a Scottish Robin Hood. But what is the truth behind the legend? Show more

Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments

Episode 1: Forts and Castles

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

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

Contributors

Presenter:
Fred Dibnah
Executive Producer:
Claire Powell
Executive Producer:
Mike Greenwood

Dan Cruickshank looks at the extravagant 19th-century castles and palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, believing them to be the work of an architectural genius ahead of his time. Show more

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