Handmade in Bolton

Shaun Greenhalgh and Dr Janina Ramirez research and remake a selection of precious objects from the past using traditional materials and methods.

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Shaun Greenhalgh and Dr Janina Ramirez research and remake a selection of precious objects from the past using traditional materials and methods.

First Aired

2019-10-07
Last Aired

2019-10-14
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Genre

Documentary
Seasons

1
Episodes

4
Status

Returning Series
Language

English
Network

BBC Four

Keywords:

arts and culture arts forgery repoduction

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Season 1

1. Visigothic Brooch

Oxford historian Dr Janina Ramirez sets Shaun Greenhalgh, once a prolific forger, the challenge of mak...More

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.Less

30mins 2019-10-07

2. Nottingham Alabaster

Dr Janina Ramirez sets ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh the challenge of making an alabaster carving of the ...More

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.Less

30mins 2019-10-09

3. Palissy Plate

Ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh is set the task of making a Renaissance animal plate of the type invented b...More

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.Less

30mins 2019-10-14

4. Rock Crystal Bottle

Dr Janina Ramirez sets ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh the almost impossible task of carving an Islamic bot...More

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.Less