Hidden Histories (2008)
A series looking at the work of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales celebrating its centenary year.
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2008-11-04Huw Edwards and the history detectives discover a lost church (Tal-y-Cafn), search for the oldest castle (Hay-on-Wye) gate in Europe and find out how the great engineer Thomas Telford built the highest aqueduct (Pont Cysyllte) in the UK.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2008-11-11Huw Edwards and his team decipher the writing on a stone pillar (Eliseg's Pillar), recreate what an iron age fort (Gaer-Fawr) would have looked like and uncover an 18th century copper works (Swansea).
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2008-11-18This time, Huw Edwards and his team examine a Tudor house (Old Impton Farm), a Roman theatre (Tomen-y-Mur) and a chapel (Llanelli).
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2008-11-25Huw Edwards and his team interpret the strange humps and bumps in the Welsh uplands (Pen-blaen-Milo). A model farm (Leighton Park Farm) and a medieval wall painting (Ciliau).
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 2008-12-02Huw Edwards investigates the case of the disappearing house near Llandeilo. WWII defences at Holyhead and searches for a lost castle at Portmeirion.