Magnificent Monuments

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Cover 3 Information 3.1 Forts and Castles 3.2 Houses and Palaces 3.3 Places of Worship 3.4 Places of Work 3.5 Bridges and Tunnels 3.6 Pleasure Palaces 4 Screenshots 5 Technical Specs 6 Links 6.1 Further Information 6.2 Release Post 6.3 Related Documentaries 6.4 ed2k Links

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History Documentary hosted by Fred Dibnah, published by BBC in 2000 - English narration

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Fred Dibnah tours Britain's great building feats.

[edit] Forts and Castles

Fred visits Warwick, Edinburgh and Conwy to explore the development of the fortress.

[edit] Houses and Palaces

Fred visits Hampton Court Palace and Cragside, one of the first homes to have electric lighting. He also examines restoration work on a 15th-century manor house.

[edit] Places of Worship

Fred visits Preston, County Durham, St Paul's Cathedral and York Minster.

[edit] Places of Work

In Chatham he visits one of our oldest dockyards, while at Armley Mills in Leeds he discovers an early form of fireproofing.

[edit] Bridges and Tunnels

Fred looks at some of the great achievements in civil engineering, from the earliest wrought iron suspension bridge to the Channel Tunnel.

[edit] Pleasure Palaces

This edition focuses on structures that have been built for arts, leisure and entertainment purposes, including the Globe Theatre, the Victoria and Albert Museum and Blackpool Tower.

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[edit] Technical Specs

• Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4.1
  
• Video Bitrate: CRF 20
  
• Video Resolution: 1280x720
  
• Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  
• Frame Rate: 25 FPS
  
• Audio Codec: AAC-LC
  
• Audio Bitrate: Q=0.45 ABR 48KHz (~128Kbps)
  
• Audio Channels: 2
  
• Run-Time: 29 mins
  
• Number Of Parts: 6
  
• Part Size: 589 MB (average)
  
• Source: HDTV
  
• Encoded by: JungleBoy

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• BBC Site

[edit] Release Post

• MVGroup.org (torrent)

[edit] Related Documentaries

• Phil Spencers Stately Homes: Series 2
• Big Ben Restored: The Grand Unveiling
• Industrial Age (BBC)
• The Storm that Saved a City
• How the Victorians Built Britain
• Awesome Beauty: The Art of Industrial Britain
• Greek Thomson: Glasgow's Master Builder
• Absolute Genius: Monster Builds
• The Man who Fought the Planners
• The Fred Dibnah Story
• Building of Britain (BBC)
• Climbing Great Buildings
• People's Palaces - The Golden Age of Civic Architecture
• Men of Iron
• Pugin: Gods Own Architect
• The Family that Built Gothic Britain

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