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Secrets of Great British Castles
Dover
Season 1
Episode 1
Popular historian Dan Jones visits the southeast of England, home to Britain’s greatest defensive fortress: Dover Castle. Towering above the famous white cliffs, Dan explores how this giant among castles was constructed as a statement of royal power but also out of guilt for the brutal murder of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, an event that shook Medieval Europe to its core.
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Historian Dan Jones visits Carrickfergus Castle.
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Historian Dan Jones visits Stirling Castle.
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Historian Dan Jones visits Caernarfon Castle.
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Historian Dan Jones visits Warwick Castle.
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Historian Dan Jones visits the Tower of London.