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Secrets of the Castle

Season 1 Episode 4: The Castle's Community of Skills

The team delve deeper into the secrets of the skilled communities who built medieval castles. The stonemasons working on the castle walls are dependent on blacksmiths, whose metalwork was magical to the medieval mind-set.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Why Build a Castle?

1. Why Build a Castle?

Aired: Nov 17, 2014

The team arrives at Guédelon, in the Burgundy region of France, to join the w...

Episode 2 Defending the Castle

2. Defending the Castle

Aired: Nov 24, 2014

Ruth, Peter and Tom look at the ingenious features medieval castle-builders c...

Episode 3 Inside the Castle

3. Inside the Castle

Aired: Dec 1, 2014

Ruth, Peter and Tom enter the surprisingly colorful world of medieval interio...

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Info about Secrets of the Castle

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary, History