Flying Through History - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
The Crystal Palace
Soar above and through two emblems of modernity: the site and exquisite entrance to The Crystal Palace, venue for The Great Exhibition, and the landmark television transmitter beside it. Plus a bonus blast from the pre-historic past: dinosaurs. A thrilling drone's eye view of history. This series of short documentaries offers a dynamic perspective on British history through hard-to-access places and untold stories. Agile drones bring us to historic locations we would not normally be able to visit, and enable us to see them from angles and heights we'd never be able to experience otherwise. As well as the historical information, the films are intended to be a visceral viewing experience in which the sheer pleasure of flying through narrow spaces and into apertures is at the core. The distinctive, entertaining narration is delivered by the popular British comedian Paul Chowdhry, who mixes a fascination for history with an irreverent, surreal sense of humour.
Dalquharran Castle
This is the story of a castle within a castle - Medieval and Georgian gems - both hidden in a remote Scottish forest. The more recent Dalquharran Castle, located in Ayrshire, Scotland, was designed by architect Robert Adam, leader of the British Classical revival, and is considered a masterpiece. This series of short documentaries offers a dynamic perspective on British history through hard-to-access places and untold stories. Agile drones bring us to historic locations we would not normally be able to visit, and enable us to see them from angles and heights we'd never be able to experience otherwise. As well as the historical information, the films are intended to be a visceral viewing experience in which the sheer pleasure of flying through narrow spaces and into apertures is at the core. The distinctive, entertaining narration is delivered by the popular British comedian Paul Chowdhry, who mixes a fascination for history with an irreverent, surreal sense of humour.
Lacy's Caves
Fly through a set of caves carved into red sandstone above the River Eden in Cumbria. They were commissioned in 1792 by eccentric landowner Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Lacy as the Romantic movement started to flourish in Britain. As well as flying through both sets of caves and along the river between them, we get to soar around an enchanting ancient stone circle known as Long Meg and Her Daughters. The wacky Lieutenant-Colonel tried to blow them up. This series of short documentaries offers a dynamic perspective on British history through hard-to-access places and untold stories. Agile drones bring us to historic locations we would not normally be able to visit, and enable us to see them from angles and heights we'd never be able to experience otherwise.
Waterside And Ingleton Viaduct
A concise history of British railway from the boom of the 1840s to the demise in the 1960s all captured in a visceral flight around two stunning, landmark viaducts. Discover the story of the Waterside Viaduct, a relic of Britain's Victorian railway mania. Built amidst frenzied competition, it witnessed the boom and bust of speculative investment, duplications, and inefficiency. Explore how this engineering marvel — and its bizarre cousin at Ingleton — shaped a chaotic era. A haunting glimpse into a bygone age of ambition and failure. Paul Chowdhry narrates.
Greyfriars and Dunwich
The tale of a town that literally fell into the sea. We fly through Dunwich in coastal Suffolk, its history from the Roman era, its time as one of the biggest commercial centres in England, right through to the present as the largest underwater Medieval site in Europe. This series of short documentaries offers a dynamic perspective on British history through hard-to-access places and untold stories. Agile drones bring us to historic locations we would not normally be able to visit, and enable us to see them from angles and heights we'd never be able to experience otherwise. As well as the historical information, the films are intended to be a visceral viewing experience in which the sheer pleasure of flying through narrow spaces and into apertures is at the core.
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