Series·2019·1 season

Handmade in Bolton

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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.

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Visigothic BroochE1 · 30 min

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.

Nottingham AlabasterE2 · 30 min

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.

Palissy PlateE3 · 30 min

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.

Rock Crystal BottleE4 · 30 min

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.

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3 credited

Shaun Greenhalgh
Shaun GreenhalghHimself - Presenter
Janina Ramirez
Janina RamirezHerself - Presenter
Waldemar Januszczak
Waldemar JanuszczakNarrator

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