Building Britain

Paranoid, secretive, property-crazed – that’s us. Simon Thurley, the Chief Executive of English Heritage, argues that the buildings of Britain – from Dover Castle to the humble terraced house – could have been built nowhere else and by nobody else.

  • Year:
  • Category: Arts
What a lovely, civilized programme this is: a Saturday-night oasis for anyone who appreciates a beautiful building and who takes pleasure in a guide who has the unbeatable combination of knowledge and enthusiasm

Radio Times

What a lovely, civilized programme this is: a Saturday-night oasis for anyone who appreciates a beautiful building and who takes pleasure in a guide who has the unbeatable combination of knowledge and enthusiasm

Sunday Telegraph

One of the most thought-provoking, enjoyable and even passionate documentaries of recent times

Daily Telegraph