S1 E1: Episode 1
The team arrives at Guedelon, in the Burgundy region of France, to join the world's biggest archaeological experiment - a 25 year project to build a medieval castle from scratch.
59 minutes
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How the castles from the 13th century were built and what keeps them standing.
Director: Stuart Elliott
The team arrives at Guedelon, in the Burgundy region of France, to join the world's biggest archaeological experiment - a 25 year project to build a medieval castle from scratch.
59 minutes
Ruth, Peter and Tom look at the ingenious features medieval castle-builders came up with to withstand attack from an ever more formidable array of siege engines.
58 minutes
Ruth, Peter and Tom enter the surprisingly colorful world of medieval interior design. The castles that we see today are in fact scarred by centuries of decay.
59 minutes
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.
58 minutes
13th century Europe was a busy, developing, connected place, where work, trade, pilgrimages and Crusades gave people the opportunity to travel across the continent and beyond.
59 minutes