George Clarke's National Trust Unlocked
Architect George Clarke visits various wondrous locations under the care of National Trust to see how these places are holding up while being closed to visitors due to the 2020 pandemic. He also explores their fascinating histories.
- 2020-2020
- 1 season
- Documentary
Architect George Clarke visits various wondrous locations under the care of National Trust to see how these places are holding up while being closed to visitors due to the 2020 pandemic. He also explores their fascinating histories.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2020
Episode 1
Kingston Lacy
George visits Italian-styled Kingston Lacy, American-made Hidcote Manor Gardens, Victorian era Holy Austin Rock House, and takes his dog Loki for a walk around Studland Bay to see Old Harry Rocks, WWII Forth Henry, and Agglestone Rock.
Episode 2
Dunster Castle
George visits the intricately styled Dunster Castle, which pre-dates the Norman conquest of England, learns the fascinating history of Westbury Court Garden, the only fully restored 17th century Dutch-style water garden in the UK, explores Washington Old Hall, a manor house in his hometown of Washington, Tyne and Wear, where the U.S. President George Washington's ancestors lived for centuries, and takes his dog Loki for a stroll around Croome Court's enormous and magnificently designed Croome Park, which was the legendary landscape designer Capability Brown's life's work, that's filled with stunning architecture and plants brought from all over the world.
Episode 3
Cragside
George explores Victorian technological marvels of Cragside country house, Cliveden's magnificent gardens for the rich and powerful, Snowshill Manor's impressive collection of trinkets and shogun armor, and takes Loki on Bath Skyline Walk.
Episode 4
Standen
George visits Standen, the embodiment of the Arts and Crafts movement, the gardens of Tyntesfield, a magnificent Gothic Revival estate, the medieval ruins of Corfe Castle, and takes Loki along Dorset's Jurassic Coast up to the Golden Cap.
Episode 5
Killerton
Gorge visits Killerton, a huge elegant Georgian estate, Baddesley Clinton, a unique moated manor house and hideaway for runaway Catholics during the Elizabethan era, and Gibside, an impressive if partly derelict 600 acre park estate.
Episode 6
Ham House
Gorge visits the lavish Jacobian Ham House, whose owners played a role in restoring the monarchy in the 17th-century after the death of Oliver Cromwell, explores Ham's magnificent diversified gardens for the gentry to enjoy, enjoys the ahead of its time 1960s-looking 1930s home of modernist architect Erno Goldfinger, who inspired Ian Fleming's Goldfinger, takes his dog Loki along the River Wear, which reminds him of a personal tragedy, visits Victoria Viaduct with the Trust's guide, and climbs the Pantheon-like Penshaw Monument, his childhood obsession.
