National Treasures Airs: Wednesday
National Treasures Status: Pending
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national treasures - General Information
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Status: pending
Premiere: August 10, 2011
Classification: documentary
Genre: history magazine show
Network: bbc one ( united kingdom)
Airs: Wednesdays at 07:30 pm
Runtime: 30 minutes
Season 1 specials -- May 24, 2012 -- national treasures jubilee special
Season 1 -- ?? Episodes -- Aug 10, 2011 to Sep 7, 2011
1x01 -- Aug 10, 2011 -- dover castle
1x02 -- Aug 17, 2011 -- hms warrior in portsmouth
1x03 -- Aug 24, 2011 -- shakespeare dig stratford
1x04 -- Aug 31, 2011 -- beaulieu national motor museum
1x05 -- Sep 07, 2011 -- erddig house - wrexham, north wales
Season 2 -- unknown/TBA
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about the show
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national treasures live is presented by dan snow and sian williams. the show is broadcast from some of the country's most striking historical locations, and open the doors to some of the most exciting venues, including restorations, digs and heritage sites
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may 24, 2012 -- national treasures jubilee special
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01j73y2
special edition of the history magazine show presented by dan snow and sian williams. filmed at westminster abbey, the programme celebrates the queen's diamond jubilee by looking back at more than a thousand years of royal history. they're joined by special guests twiggy, larry lamb and lucy worsley.
fashion icon twiggy discovers the rules of dressing the queen, in conversation with royal designers and milliners. larry lamb revisits his childhood in the 50s to find out why vintage is such big business. historian lucy worsley draws parallels between the london of 1897, when queen victoria celebrated her diamond jubilee, and the preparations for this year's celebrations. dan snow continues his history road trips with the one show's resident hairdresser, michael douglas, to discover how a king called ken is related to our queen, and what happened when we experimented with doing away with the monarchy.
in the abbey the team are joined by some of the choristers who sang at the queen's coronation. they also discover some of the secrets of last year's royal wedding with the dean of the abbey, and find out how they keep their priceless treasures looking their best for the more than one million tourists who visit each year.
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Date of last review or update: June 03, 2012
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