Brick by Brick: Rebuilding Our Past (2012)
Synopsis
Dan Cruickshank and Charlie Luxton uncover the incredible hidden stories behind historic buildings as they are dismantled brick by brick and meticulously resurrected in new locations.
First Air Date: 2012-04-06
Last Air Date: 2012-04-20
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 3
Networks: BBC Two
Top Cast
- Dan Cruickshank as Self
- Charlie Luxton as Self
Seasons
Season 1 (2012)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Claude Grahame-White's Watchtower
In this episode Dan and Charlie follow the reconstruction of one of Britain's earliest aviation buildings: Claude Grahame-White's watchtower. Grahame-White was a heroic pioneer of early aviation and his watchtower was the nerve centre of the vast aircraft factory he built to supply warplanes for World War I.
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Ep. 2: Edwardian Fish and Chip Shop
This episode follows the construction of a fully working coal-fired Edwardian fish and chip shop at Beamish Museum. Charlie helps with the refurbishment of one of the world's oldest surviving frying ranges, and gets a horse-drawn fish and chip cart back on the road. Meanwhile, Dan discovers the surprising origins of our national dish and explores its rise from squalid back-street outlets to grand fish and chip palaces.
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Ep. 3: Medieval Wales
A mysterious medieval building on the quayside at Haverfordwest was dismantled 30 years ago by a team of young apprentices. Charlie helps those same men reconstruct the seemingly fortified vaulted house at the Welsh National History Museum. Dan sets out to discover what the building actually was and uncovers stories of wealthy merchants, pirates and the English invasion of South Wales.
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