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Travels with Pevsner

All Episodes 1997 - 1998

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  • 1997-03-15T00:00:00Z
  • 50m
  • 10h (12 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • BBC Two
  • Documentary
Travel and architecture series in which guest presenters explore counties in the footsteps of guide-book writer Nikolaus Pevsner.

12 episodes

Series Premiere

1997-03-15T00:00:00Z

1x01 Norfolk with Dan Cruickshank

Series Premiere

1x01 Norfolk with Dan Cruickshank

  • 1997-03-15T00:00:00Z50m

Dan Crucikshank travels through Norfolk with Pevsner's "The Buildings of England" visiting Holkham Hall, Great Cressingham Priory and University of East Anglia amongst others.

1x02 Yorkshire with Jane Street Porter

  • 1997-03-22T00:00:00Z50m

Janet Street Porter visits some of the architectural highlights of North Yorkshire including Castle Howard and the Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough.

1x03 Dorset with Patrick Wright

  • 1997-03-29T00:00:00Z50m

Patrick Wright explores the architecture of Dorset, including the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Blandford, Milton Abbey and the Old Higher Lighthouse at Portland.

Lucinda Lambton explores the architecture of County Durham, with visits to Durham Cathedral, Beamish Open Air Museum and Lambton Castle.

1x05 Warwickshire with Germaine Greer

  • 1997-04-11T23:00:00Z50m

Germaine Greer visits Baddesley Clinton Hall and Warwick Castle.

Season Finale

1997-04-18T23:00:00Z

1x06 Surrey with Michael Bracewell

Season Finale

1x06 Surrey with Michael Bracewell

  • 1997-04-18T23:00:00Z50m

Michael Bracewell visits Polesden Lacey, Whitely Village, The Beehive at Gatwick Airport discussing the srchitecture found there.

Season Premiere

1998-10-31T00:00:00Z

2x01 Derbyshire with Joan Bakewell

Season Premiere

2x01 Derbyshire with Joan Bakewell

  • 1998-10-31T00:00:00Z50m

Retracing the footsteps of Nikolaus Pevsner, Joan Bakewell explores Derbyshire's buildings, including Haddon Hall, Richard Arkwright's mill at Cromford and the carved tombs at Wirksworth, Baden Hall and Fenny Bentley

Writer Philip Hoare explores Hampshire, the county where he grew up, visiting Southampton docks, Winchester Cathedral, the Royal Victoria Hospital in Netley and the Isle of Wight retreats of Queen Victoria and Tennyson.

2x03 Worcestershire with Jonathan Meades

  • 1998-11-14T00:00:00Z50m

Jonathan Meades visits the inspiration for Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, Madresfield Court, and tours Worcestershire's many picturesque follies and churches, which he believes are 'eye-catchers first, houses of God second'

2x04 Northumberland with John Grundy

  • 1998-11-28T00:00:00Z50m

Historian John Grundy explores Northumberland, including the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory, the dramatic Dunstanburgh Castle and the city of Newcastle.

Philippa Gregory travels to Bristol, discovering the vast wealth the city acquired through the slave trade, and visiting Brunel's Clifton suspension bridge.

Season Finale

1998-12-19T00:00:00Z

2x06 Suffolk with Craig Brown

Season Finale

2x06 Suffolk with Craig Brown

  • 1998-12-19T00:00:00Z50m

Craig Brown reports on his travels around Suffolk, where he contrasts painter Thomas Gainsborough's view of the area with composer Benjamin Britten's. He visits Southwold with crime writer PD James, and meets historical re-enactment fan and owner of Kentwell Hall, Patrick Phillips.

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