Secrets of the Castle - Season 1 - Eps 1: Why Build a Castle?
Peter and Tom set to work learning how to construct a spiral staircase.
About Secrets of the Castle

Title: Secrets of the Castle
First Air Date: 2014-11-18
Last Air Date: 2014-12-17
Status: Ended
Rating: 9.4/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 5
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Lion Television
Synopsis
How do you build a medieval castle from scratch? Domestic historian Ruth Goodman and archeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold make perhaps their most ambitious foray into the past as they head to France to take part in a build that has been underway since 1997. Our intrepid history adventurers join this magnificent construction at Guédelon Castle to recreate authentic medieval castle living from within its rising walls.
Cast

Ruth Goodman
Self - Presenter

Peter Ginn
Self - Presenter

Tom Pinfold
Self - Presenter

Paul McGann
Narrator (Voice)