Cathedral

Cathedral is an educational television miniseries of five episodes first broadcast in 2005 by the BBC. It describes the construction of five cathedrals in the United Kingdom:

⁕Canterbury Cathedral

⁕Lincoln Cathedral

⁕Winchester Cathedral

⁕St. Giles' Cathedral

⁕York Minster

The show features historical re-enactments using actors and CGI.

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Status

Ended

Original Name

Cathedral

First Air Date

January 3, 2005

Last Air Date

January 31, 2005

Seasons

Episodes

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

BBC Two

S01E05

Fire at York

In 1829, non-conformist Jonathan Martin set fire to York Minster to protest against what he saw as the greed and complacency of the clergy. At the same time, antiquarian John Browne embarked on his journey to discover how the cathedral had been designed and built. This is the story of Martin and the trial that would lead to either execution or the asylum, and of Browne and his determination to crack the mason's code that he believed lay embedded in the structure of the Minster.

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