Name: Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments
Rating: 7.5

Synopsis

Documentary series which sees Fred Dibnah touring Britain's great building feats.

First Air Date: 2000-02-17

Last Air Date: 2000-03-30

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Networks: BBC Two

No overview available for this season.

Ep. 1: Forts And Castles (2000-02-17)

Fred Dibnah considers the development of castles from early Iron Age forts to secret underground tunnels used during the Second World War.
Ep. 2: Houses and Palaces (2000-02-24)

Fred Dibnah looks at various dwellings, including Hampton Court Palace, Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire and his own childhood home in Bolton.
Ep. 3: Places of Worship (2000-03-02)

Fred Dibnah visits all manner of religious sites, starting in Preston - which boasts the tallest church steeple in Britain - and taking in York minster, a Saxon church in Durham, and St Paul's cathedral in London.
Ep. 4: Places of Work (2000-03-09)

Fred Dibnah's journey takes him from a 1,000-year-old tithe barn in Sussex to the modern Lloyd's Building in London. Along the way he visits a Norman hospital and one of Britain's oldest dockyards in Kent.
Ep. 5: Bridges and Tunnels (2000-03-16)

Fred Dibnah looks at some of the great achievements in civil engineering, from the earliest wrought iron suspension bridge to the Channel Tunnel.
Ep. 6: Pleasure Palaces (2000-03-30)

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.