Metalworks!

Name: Metalworks!
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-05-02
Rating: 6.0

Overview

Series looking at aspects of British metalworking over the centuries, including the art of the silversmith, the history of armour and the work of the blacksmith.

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Episodes

S01E01 The Golden Age of Silver

May 2, 2012 60 min

Dan Cruickshank visits Britain's finest country houses, museums and factories as he uncovers the 18th- and 19th-century fascination with silver. Delving into an unsurpassed era of shimmering opulence, heady indulgence and conspicuous consumption, Dan discovers...

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S01E02 The Knight's Tale

May 9, 2012 60 min

Art historian and curator Tobias Capwell celebrates the great age of armour. Referencing the unstoppable rise of the Royal Almain Armoury at Greenwich, he tells the forgotten story of how Henry VIII fused German high...

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S01E03 The Blacksmith's Tale

May 16, 2012 60 min

In a story where progress meets creative invention, this film looks at how the blacksmith created items in wrought and cast iron that both served and embellished society. From the earliest ornate hinges and doors...

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