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Places of Work

Episode 4 of 6

Fred Dibnah tours Britain's great building feats. In Chatham he visits one of the UK's oldest dockyards, while in Leeds he discovers an early form of fireproofing.

Fred Dibnah continues his tour of Britain's great building feats with a look at our places of work.

In Chatham he visits one of our oldest dockyards, while at Armley Mills in Leeds he discovers an early form of fireproofing.

His journey takes him from a 1,000-year-old tithe barn in Sussex, where he tries his hand at thatching, to the symbol of modern architecture, the Lloyd's building.

28 minutes

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Tue 19 Aug 202500:00
BBC Four

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PresenterFred Dibnah

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  • Thu 16 Mar 200020:00
    BBC Two England
  • Thu 21 Aug 201412:00
    BBC Two HD, Northern Ireland, Wales & England only
  • Thu 21 Aug 201412:30
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Sat 11 Apr 201510:10
    BBC Two Northern Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland & HD only
  • Tue 3 Nov 202019:00
    BBC Four
  • Wed 4 Nov 202001:55
    BBC Four
  • Thu 20 Jan 202219:30
    BBC Four
  • Fri 21 Jan 202201:50
    BBC Four
  • Mon 18 Aug 202519:00
    BBC Four
  • Tue 19 Aug 202500:00
    BBC Four