2018
30m

Summary Fashion historian Amber Butchart fuses biography, art and the history of fashion as she explores the lives of historical figures by examining the clothes that they wore. View more details

2018
30m

A Stitch in Time

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Amber Butchart Ninya Mikhaila Harriet Waterhouse Hannah Marples

All cast & crew

8.4

Details

Genres : History Biography Documentary

Release date : Jan 2, 2018

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC Four

Language : English

Production companies : BBC Studios

Summary Fashion historian Amber Butchart fuses biography, art and the history of fashion as she explores the lives of historical figures by examining the clothes that they wore. View more details

Details

Genres : History Biography Documentary

Release date : Jan 2, 2018

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC Four

Language : English

Production companies : BBC Studios

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 02, 2018

Charles II

Amber Butchart begins by examining portraits of King Charles II to draw up patterns for items of clothing that can be recreated using historical methods by tailor Ninya Mikhaila.

Episode 2 • Jan 09, 2018

Arnolfini

In this edition of the show Amber and the team attempt to recreate the clothes worn in one of the most studied and most complex paintings in the history of European art - the Arnolfini portrait by Jan van Eyck.

Episode 3 • Jan 16, 2018

The Hedge Cutter

Amber visits Broughton Castle to examine an unusual portrait of an ordinary worker, a hedge cutter. The team then try to recreate the clothing he is shown wearing, which reveals interesting information.

Episode 4 • Jan 23, 2018

Dido

Amber Butchart explores the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate daughter of Captain John Lindsay and an enslaved African woman who was brought up in the 18th-century at Kenwood House in London.