Buildings That Shaped Britain

In ‘Conquest’, we reveal how the Britain we see today has been shaped by successive waves of invaders and settlers. We look at the Norman conquest of...

In ‘Skyscrapers of the Middle Ages’, we journey to the period in between the Norman landing and the beginning of the Tudor era, exploring the architec...

In ‘Middle Age Corporations’, we look at the castles and monasteries which kept the country going during the wars of the later Middle Ages, revealing...

Historian presenter Simon Thurley turns his attention to the English country house that represented the very heart of Britain's political, economic an...

Episode five of this fascinating series looks at how cities grew and how houses, streets and town squares developed to enhance advantageous alliances....

In ‘Countryside Revolution’, we chart the invention of the romantic image of the countryside, examining the rural idyll of small enclosed fields, stur...

The industrial revolution not only changed the face of Britain, it changed the world. For the first time, buildings were constructed just for 'work'...

Historian Simon Thurley concludes this fascinating series with a look at 20th century architecture. The horrors of World War I stimulated a design rev...