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Secrets of Great British Castles

Secrets of Great British CastlesSeason 2

★6.9(17)
April 3, 2015
→ December 9, 2016
45m
2 Seasons
12 Episodes
Documentary
IMDb

Overview

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.

Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

6 Episodes

April 3, 2015

Season 2

Season 2

6 Episodes

October 28, 2016

Episodes

Edinburgh Castle
Episode 1October 28, 2016

Edinburgh Castle

45min

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

Cardiff Castle
Episode 2November 4, 2016

Cardiff Castle

45min

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

York Castle
Episode 3November 18, 2016

York Castle

45min

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.

Leeds Castle
Episode 4November 25, 2016

Leeds Castle

45min

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.

Lancaster Castle
Episode 5December 2, 2016

Lancaster Castle

45min

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.

Arundel Castle
Episode 6December 9, 2016

Arundel Castle

45min

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

Cast

Dan Jones

Dan Jones

Himself - Presenter