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Hampton Court: Behind Closed Doors

Season 2

2022 · 3 episodes

  1. 1. Episode 1

    2022-06-18 · 44m

    Chief curator Tracy Borman investigates a claim by a Tudor antiques specialist to have acquired an item once owned by Anne Boleyn; the estate's gardeners harvest grapes from Queen Victoria's favourite vine; as Halloween approaches, Hampton Court's spectral residents get a chance to shine.

  2. 2. Episode 2

    2022-06-25 · 44m

    It's winter, and head gardener Graham Dillamore is hard at work preparing 120,000 bulbs for what should be the biggest tulip festival in Britain; Tracy Borman uncovers the story of Henry VIII's secret son, Henry FitzRoy, who was the result of the king's affair with Bessie Blount.

  3. 3. Episode 3

    2022-07-02 · 44m

    Staff get ready for the biggest Remembrance Day memorial in the palace's history, which involves installing 125 steel silhouettes of soldiers in the grounds; conservators work to keep the moths away from a collection of tapestries dating back to Henry VIII.

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