Castle Builders

Castle Builders

Documentary 2015

Available on Prime Video, MagellanTV Documentaries, Sling TV

How do you build a castle? How were machines and men organised to create such colossal fortifications? Using CGI and dramatic reconstructions, this is the story of the architectural vision behind the building of the great Medieval Castles of Europe, and unearths the human story of those who laboured to build them. Featured by XIVETV.

Documentary 2015

TV-G

Starring Robert Glenister

EPISODE 1

Masters and Masons

Meet the Castle Builders - the masons and laborers who did the hard work; the geniuses of design and structural engineering who imagined these medieval mega-structures; and the kings and barons who commissioned them.

42 min · Apr 14, 2015 TV-14
EPISODE 2

Siege and Storm

This is the story of castles under attack. The Medieval journey from bows and arrows to gunpowder, with developments like trebuchet and cannon, meant engineers were always making advancements in defense construction.

43 min · Apr 14, 2015 TV-14
EPISODE 3

Dreams and Decoration

Increasingly the role of castles changed from being military fortresses to becoming places of symbolism and fantasy. This episode traces the changes to Windsor Castle under Edward III, when it became an icon of regal glory.

44 min · Apr 14, 2015 TV-G

Robert Glenister

Narrator
John Geraint

Director
John Geraint

Producer

About

Castle Builders

DOCUMENTARY

How do you build a castle? How were machines and men organised to create such colossal fortifications? Using CGI and dramatic reconstructions, this is the story of the architectural vision behind the building of the great Medieval Castles of Europe, and unearths the human story of those who laboured to build them. Featured by XIVETV.

Information

Studio: DOCRAMA
Released: 2015
Rated: TV-G

Languages

Original Audio: English (United Kingdom)
Audio: English
Subtitles: English (United States) (SDH)