Restoration
tv show
21 total episodes
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2 seasons
First Aired August 08, 2003
Overview
Restoration, Restoration, Restoration is a set of BBC television series where viewers decided on which listed building that was in immediate need of remedial works was to win a grant from Heritage Lottery Fund. It first aired in 2003. The host of all 3 series is Griff Rhys Jones, whilst investigating each building in the heats are the show's resident "ruin detectives", Marianne Suhr and Ptolemy Dean.
Wales
Season 1 - Episode 9 - 0h 0m
Air Date
September 05, 2003
Overview
TV presenter and designer Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen argues for restoring Llanelly House at Llanelli, an elegant early 18th-century town house; Actor Robert Hardy puts the case for Vaynol Old Hall in Gwynedd, mansion believed to date from around 1550; and politician Glenys Kinnock advocates saving Amlwich Port and Parys Mountain, an important centre of copper mining since the bronze age.