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Kevin McCloud embarks on a major journey across Europe to explore the lasting legacy of the 'Grand Tour' on today's Britain in a new four-part series. He follows in the footsteps of some of the most celebrated and notorious aristocrats, artists and architects of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, who travelled around Europe in history's equivalent of the gap year. It was a journey made in a search for art, enlightenment and adventure but also vice and debauchery.
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Series 1 - Episode 4 - Greece
Aired - 11 October 2009
Episode summary:
In the final leg of his journey, Kevin travels to Greece, following in the footsteps of James Stuart and Nicholas Revett, two of the first grand tourists to journey as far as Greece. Then ruled by the Turks, it was a fierce and inhospitable place but it held the source of classical architecture: the Parthenon. From here Kevin takes a helicopter to a remote island where he abseils down into the caves that Byron journeyed to. Exploring these caves and the majestic Alps inspired the grand tourists to think about the architecture of nature, and on their return home they inspired romanticism and neo-Gothic structures such as the Houses of Parliament, where Kevin ends his journey and reflects on his experiences.
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Episode summary:
In the final leg of his journey, Kevin travels to Greece, following in the footsteps of James Stuart and Nicholas Revett, two of the first grand tourists to journey as far as Greece. Then ruled by the Turks, it was a fierce and inhospitable place but it held the source of classical architecture: the Parthenon. From here Kevin takes a helicopter to a remote island where he abseils down into the caves that Byron journeyed to. Exploring these caves and the majestic Alps inspired the grand tourists to think about the architecture of nature, and on their return home they inspired romanticism and neo-Gothic structures such as the Houses of Parliament, where Kevin ends his journey and reflects on his experiences.
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+ Series 1
+ Episode - 4 Greece
Aired - 11 October 2009
+ Episode - 3 Rome, Naples & Pompeii
Aired - 04 October 2009
+ Episode - 2 Florence & Rome
Aired - 27 September 2009
+ Episode - 1 France & Northern Italy
Aired - 20 September 2009
