Gareth Hughes
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From "SALON", the Society of Antiquaries e-newsletter:
http://www.sal.org.uk/salon/#section19
We are used to seeing fly-on-the-wall documentaries about the work of the National Trust, but now it is the turn of English Heritage, so if you are near a TV at 9pm on 24 April 2009, look out for ‘A Very Grand Design’ on BBC 2. This first programme in a four-part series looks at the restoration of Apethorpe Hall. The advance publicity says that the documentary features George Kelley, Apethorpe Hall’s heroic caretaker, who spent twenty years plugging leaks and chasing away would-be vandals and thieves in the night, here acting as ‘the chorus in the film, wryly dispassionate, as English Heritage and Simon Thurley struggle with their nightmare challenge’.
Future episodes will look at the restoration of the gardens at Kenilworth Castle, the refurbishment of the Park Hill housing estate in Sheffield, and the restoration of the King’s Cross—St Pancras station complex.
http://www.sal.org.uk/salon/#section19
We are used to seeing fly-on-the-wall documentaries about the work of the National Trust, but now it is the turn of English Heritage, so if you are near a TV at 9pm on 24 April 2009, look out for ‘A Very Grand Design’ on BBC 2. This first programme in a four-part series looks at the restoration of Apethorpe Hall. The advance publicity says that the documentary features George Kelley, Apethorpe Hall’s heroic caretaker, who spent twenty years plugging leaks and chasing away would-be vandals and thieves in the night, here acting as ‘the chorus in the film, wryly dispassionate, as English Heritage and Simon Thurley struggle with their nightmare challenge’.
Future episodes will look at the restoration of the gardens at Kenilworth Castle, the refurbishment of the Park Hill housing estate in Sheffield, and the restoration of the King’s Cross—St Pancras station complex.
