Secrets of Great British Castles(TV show/series, 2015-2016)

Name: Secrets of Great British Castles
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015
Rating: 3.3

45min per episode | Genre: Documentary

Documentation in 2 seasons with 12 episodes

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 6 votes)

Secrets of Great British Castles is a British history documentary series that grew from the success of Irish TV series Tales of Irish Castles. The idea - initially created and written by Billy McGrath - was rejected by state broadcaster RTE. It was subsequently pitched to Ben Frow - the director of programming for Ireland's 1st ever commercial channel TV3 - and it proved a ratings success. When he returned to London to head up Channel 5 Ben asked Billy (then partner in Sideline Productions) to expand on a new idea based on UK castles. The result was the much more ambitious Secrets of Great British Castles produced by Dublin based Sideline in 12 parts. It was first broadcast between 3 April 2015 and 9 December 2016 (6 parts per season). Historian Dan Jones came on board as host and writer to explore the history behind Great Britain's most famous castles and is currently broadcast on Netflix around the globe. International sales for SoGBC were secured by screen content distributors DCD Rights and sold to 160 countries world-wide. The deal with DCD was negotiated by ICM Partners London (now CAA). ()

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2 seasons: Season 1, Season 2
Duration: 44min
Genres: British / Historical Documentaries
Keywords: Investigative
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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.

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Secrets of Great British Castles Seasons and Episodes

10/28/2016Season 2 - 6 episodes

#1 | 10/28/2016Edinburgh Castle

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

#2 | 11/04/2016Cardiff Castle

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

#3 | 11/18/2016York 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.

#4 | 11/25/2016Leeds 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.

#5 | 12/02/2016Lancaster 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.

#6 | 12/09/2016Arundel Castle

Dan Jones visits the heart of the English countryside to explore Arundel Castle and the dramatic history of the Earls of Arundel.

04/03/2015Season 1 - 6 episodes

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.channel5.com

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Made by: Channel 5, Sideline Productions, GroupM Entertainment

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 9 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Turkish (TR)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 04/03/2015

Last episode released on: 12/09/2016

Cast: Adam Croft

Keywords: british history, medieval, great britain, castle, united kingdom, historical, european history, reenactment

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