Secrets of Great British Castles

Name: Secrets of Great British Castles
Released: 2015-04-03
Rating: 6.912

2015 · 45m · TMDB 6.9/10 (17 votes)

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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About Secrets of Great British Castles

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.

Status: Ended
TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 17 votes
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 12

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

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Season 2

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S2 E1Oct 28, 201645 min

Edinburgh Castle

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

S2 E2Nov 4, 201645 min

Cardiff Castle

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

S2 E3Nov 18, 201645 min

York Castle

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.

S2 E4Nov 25, 201645 min

Leeds Castle

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.

S2 E5Dec 2, 201645 min

Lancaster Castle

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.