• 2013
  • 30m
Secret Knowledge

Summary In a series of authored films, some of our most engaging experts reveal their favourite hidden objects, forgotten places and artistic passions. View more details

  • 2013
  • 30m

Secret Knowledge

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Clemency Burton-Hill Lucy Worsley Jonathan Foyle Lars Tharp

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6.8

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 4, 2013

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Summary In a series of authored films, some of our most engaging experts reveal their favourite hidden objects, forgotten places and artistic passions. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 4, 2013

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Mar 04, 2013
The Kimbolton Cabinet
Antiques dealer and "Antiques Roadshow" appraiser John Bly leads a tour of the Kimbolton Cabinet, the magnificent pierce of furniture designed by the architect and designer Robert Adam for the Duke and Duchess of Manchester.
Episode 2 • Mar 04, 2013
The Art of the Vikings
British art historian, Dr Janina Ramirez, showcases the Scottish exhibition dedicated to viking culture, and explains the historical complexities of their life, religion and art.
Episode 3 • Mar 26, 2013
Bolsover Castle & the Playboy Cavalier
Historian, author and curator Lucy Worsley shares her love of Bolsover Castle, a quirky and unique great house in Derbyshire, England, and its infamously hedonistic owner duke William Cavendish's attempt to impress Charles I with a party.
Episode 4 • Jun 30, 2013
Abbotsford House: Walter Scott's Castle
Episode 5 • Jul 14, 2013
Stradivarius and Me
Episode 6 • Aug 05, 2013
The King's Lost Bed
Episode 8 • Sep 11, 2013
The Art of Witchcraft
Artist Lachlan Goudie presents a highly personal documentary, inspired by his father, in which he investigates why witches have cast such a powerful spell over generations of artists.
Episode 9 • Nov 25, 2013
Castiglione - Rogue Genius of the Baroque
Episode 10 • Mar 25, 2014
Hogarth: One Man and His Pug
Lars Tharp appeals to the nation to help him recover a rare piece of long-lost William Hogarth memorabilia - a precious terracotta sculpture of the artist's beloved pet pug.
Episode 11 • Oct 03, 2014
The Russian Revolutionary: Zaha Hadid on Kazimir Malevich
Episode 12 • Dec 01, 2014
The Living Mountain: A Cairngorms Journey
Episode 13 • Feb 12, 2015
In Search of Rory McEwen
Jools Holland presents an appreciation of a man he never met, his father-in-law, the aristocrat, artist, folk singer, and TV presenter, Rory McEwen, the man credited with bringing the blues to Britain.
Episode 14 • Feb 22, 2015
Wondrous Obsessions: The Cabinet of Curiosities
Professor Nandini Das reveals the story behind the Cabinet of Curiosities - the original collecting craze that began in Renaissance Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Episode 15 • Mar 02, 2015
The Private Life of a Doll's House
Lauren Child, author, illustrator and creator of Charlie and Lola, has a secret passion - dolls' houses.
Episode 19 • Oct 31, 2015
Jacobi on Garrick: Godfather of the British Stage
The actor Derek Jacobi presents a personal appreciation of the great eighteenth century performer, manager and showman, who dominated the stage with a new kind of naturalistic performance style.
Episode 20 • Oct 30, 2016
A Very British Pornographer: The Jack Kahane Story
The story of Englishman, Jack Kahane, who from his base in Paris, would form Obelisk Press. In the 1920 and 30s.he would publish everything from low-grade smut up to James Joyce, DH Lawrence, Anais Nin, Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller.
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