Series
Handmade in Bolton
Documentary
Shaun Greenhalgh and Dr Janina Ramirez research and remake a selection of precious objects from the past using traditional materials and methods.
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Seasons & episodes
- 1Visigothic Brooch7 Oct 2019 · 30m · ★ 6.0Oxford historian Dr Janina Ramirez sets Shaun Greenhalgh, once a prolific forger, the challenge of making a jewelled eagle brooch of the kind worn by Visigoth chieftains in the Dark Ages.
- 2Nottingham Alabaster9 Oct 2019 · 30m · ★ 6.0Dr Janina Ramirez sets ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh the challenge of making an alabaster carving of the kind mass-produced in Catholic England in the centuries before the Reformation.
- 3Palissy Plate14 Oct 2019 · 30m · ★ 7.0Ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh is set the task of making a Renaissance animal plate of the type invented by the great French potter Bernard Palissy.
- 4Rock Crystal Bottle13 Oct 2019 · 30m · ★ 7.0Dr Janina Ramirez sets ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh the almost impossible task of carving an Islamic bottle out of rock crystal in the style of the 10th-century Egyptian Fatimids.
Details
- First aired
- 7 Oct 2019
- Last aired
- 14 Oct 2019
- Status
- Returning Series
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC Four
- Episodes
- 4
Cast
Shaun GreenhalghHimself - Presenter
Janina RamirezHerself - Presenter
Waldemar JanuszczakNarrator
