Handmade in Bolton
2019•30m
Documentary
Shaun Greenhalgh and Dr Janina Ramirez research and remake a selection of precious objects from the past using traditional materials and methods.
Language
EN
Status
Returning Series
First Aired
October 7, 2019
Last Aired
October 14, 2019
Networks
BBC Four
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Visigothic Brooch
Air date: 2019-10-07
Oxford historian Dr Janina Ramirez sets Shaun Greenhalgh, once a prolific forger, the challenge of making a jewelled eagle brooch of the kind worn by Visigoth chieftains in the Dark Ages.
E2
Nottingham Alabaster
Air date: 2019-10-09
Dr Janina Ramirez sets ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh the challenge of making an alabaster carving of the kind mass-produced in Catholic England in the centuries before the Reformation.
E3
Palissy Plate
Air date: 2019-10-14
Ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh is set the task of making a Renaissance animal plate of the type invented by the great French potter Bernard Palissy.
E4
Rock Crystal Bottle
Air date: 2019-10-13
Dr Janina Ramirez sets ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh the almost impossible task of carving an Islamic bottle out of rock crystal in the style of the 10th-century Egyptian Fatimids.
Cast
Shaun Greenhalgh
Himself - Presenter
Janina Ramirez
Herself - Presenter
Waldemar Januszczak
Narrator
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