Dan Cruickshank & The House That Wouldn't Die (2003)

overview : This unique recreation of an 18th-century home, in London's Spitalfields, has to be seen to be believed. Dan Cruickshank smells the rotting food and warms his hands by the roaring fires and asks whether this living museum is really more accurate than a National Trust treasure, or just an eccentric one-off from its outlandish Californian creator, the late Dennis Severs. A follow-up of sorts to the 1985 BBC series Ours to Keep episode "Incomers" focused on this residence.

Release Date : Dec 08, 2003

Runtime : 28m

Genre : Documentary  History  

Companies : BBC

Countries : United Kingdom

Keywords : georgian or regency era, chamber pot, eccentric man, cultural preservation