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Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments - Episode Guide

Season 1

Forts and Castles

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2000

Forts and Castles

Steeplejack Fred Dibnah tours Britain's engineering marvels. This edition visits Warwick, Edinburgh and Conwy to explore the development of the fortress.

Houses and Palaces

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2000

Houses and Palaces

Steeplejack Fred Dibnah tours Britain's engineering marvels. In this programme, he visits Hampton Court Palace and Cragside, one of the first homes to have electric lighting. He also examines restoration work on a 15th-century manor house.

Places of Worship

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2000

Places of Worship

Steeplejack Fred Dibnah tours Britain admiring some of its engineering marvels. This edition takes in Preston, County Durham, St Paul's Cathedral and York Minster.

Places of Work

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Mar 16, 2000

Places of Work

Fred Dibnah continues his tour of Britain's great building feats with a look at our places of work.

In Chatham he visits one of our oldest dockyards, while at Armley Mills in Leeds he discovers an early form of fireproofing.

His journey takes him from a 1,000-year-old tithe barn in Sussex, where he tries his hand at thatching, to the symbol of modern architecture, the Lloyd's building.

Bridges and Tunnels

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Mar 23, 2000

Bridges and Tunnels

Fred Dibnah looks at some of the great achievements in civil engineering, from the earliest wrought iron suspension bridge to the Channel Tunnel.

Pleasure Palaces

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2000

Pleasure Palaces

Steeplejack Fred Dibnah tours Britain admiring some of its engineering marvels.

This edition focuses on structures that have been built for arts, leisure and entertainment purposes, including the Globe Theatre, the Victoria and Albert Museum and Blackpool Tower.

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