Capability Brown's Unfinished Garden
Bunny Guinness travels across England to some of Capability Brown's finest landscapes to understand what he might have created had his plan of creating his own garden borne fruit.
Capability Brown is known as the founder of landscape design. In the 1700s, he created some of the most magnificent landscapes in England. He travelled the length and breadth of the country, improving more than 200 of the greatest estates in the land for some of the most influential people of the 18th century.
But there is one plan that never got off the drawing board. The only land Capability ever owned was in Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire, but he died before he could carry out any plans for his own garden. Today, it is a piece of flat land bisected by the A14 dual carriageway.
Landscape designer and Gardeners' Question Time regular Bunny Guinness travels across England to some of Capability's finest landscapes - Blenheim, Burghley, Milton Abbey and Castle Ashby - to understand what he might have created. Rediscovering plans and letters, and using the latest technology, Capability Brown's unfinished garden is brought to life.
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Clips
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Preview: Capability Brown's missing 'masterpiece'
Duration: 02:52
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Capability Brown's unfinished garden
Duration: 03:38
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Capability Brown's unrealised vision for Cambridge
Duration: 01:31
Music Played
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Nitin Sawhney
Asian Elephants
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Bunny Guinness |
Producer | Paul Baker |
Director | Paul Baker |
Editor | Diana Hare |
Broadcasts
- Mon 3 Oct 2016 21:00
- Tue 4 Oct 2016 02:50
- Wed 15 Feb 2017 20:00
- Thu 16 Feb 2017 23:10
- Sat 5 Aug 2017 19:00
- Mon 7 Aug 2017 00:30
- Sun 25 Mar 2018 21:00
- Mon 26 Mar 2018 02:00
- Tue 9 Oct 2018 00:00
- Fri 17 May 2019 00:15
- Wed 7 Sep 2022 19:00
- Thu 8 Sep 2022 00:15
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