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  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
  • Number of discs: 3
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 19 May 2008
  • Run Time: 400 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001110H0U
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,819 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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What do the buildings we construct say about us as people? The inimitable Dan Cruickshank travels across the world, celebrating different types of architecture and showing how our buildings reveal our aspirations, our ingenuity and our beliefs.

In each programme, buildings from all over the world are dramatically juxtaposed, in Dan's trademark effusive style, revealing unexpected connections between very different types of architecture.

From the Kizhi Cathedral in remote northwest Russia to the convent of St Catherine in Sinai, Egypt, and themes that range from beauty, to power, paradise and pleasure, this series is a monumental journey that takes in some monumental structures, gradually building an architectural knowledge so that, through the series, a story of world architecture is told.



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Dan Cruickshank travels across the world, celebrating different types of architecture and showing how our buildings reveal our aspirations, our ingenuity and our beliefs. In each programme, buildings from all over the world are dramatically juxtaposed, revealing unexpected connections between very different types of architecture.

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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars BBC DVD have ruined a classic series, 22 May 2008
By Mr. J. F. Tobin "JT123" (UK) - See all my reviews
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I am a huge fan of Dan Cruikshank and loved watching this series on the TV. I jumped at the chance to buy it on dvd and rewatch it. What a disappointment. On the back of the dvd case a notice reads 'for contractual reasons certain edits have been made.' Usually this means that music has been redubbed or some short scenes have had to be snipped. In this case it means that up to 15 minutes have been cut from some episodes. Gone from the final episode is the segment on Pompeii and other episodes miss some of my favourite settings. Why have they done this? I think it may have something to do with the heavy use of John Williams' music throughout the series in the soundtrack. If this is the case then the soundtrack could be redubbed and the episodes left intact. I will think twice before buying any more dvds produced by 2entertain for the BBC. I haven't seen a hatchet job like this since the early days of VHS.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Missing footage, 4 Jun 2008
Like Mr Tobin, I was disappointed to find that much of the original series footage is missing. Eight one-hour episodes have been condensed into about 400 minutes. The DVD case even shows a small photo taken inside the ossuary chamber in the Czech Republic, but the footage for this building has been omitted!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Architecture doesn't get a look in, 23 Feb 2009
By M. Anderson (Perth, Australia) - See all my reviews
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Having not seen this on TV or heard of Dan I bought the DVD because of my interest in architecture. A mistake! This has nothing to do with architecture. This is about Dan, breathless and wide-eyed visiting locations around the world that illustrate some theme - death, paradise, etc. We do not learn anything about buildings - in some cases there is no building at all at the loaction - but we do learn about rites and customs in a sort of National Geographic sort of way. Though to be fair the National Geographic bods know what they're talking about and Dan comes to this cultural odyssey with an amateur's enthusiasm and superficial knowledge and understanding. We gave up after three episode - wanting never to see Dan or his portentiousness again.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars buildings for living and dying
This is two DVD's of 400 minutes total,not 3 as in product description and is Dan in a different hat, literally than in Around the World in 80 Treasures, with much the same... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Leo Rgn

4.0 out of 5 stars Could have been better
Personally I was less struck by this series- it seems a second go at the material covered in "Around the World in 80 Treasures"- just released and well worth purchasing... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Julie Cutler

3.0 out of 5 stars Adventures in ancient religious monuments, mostly
This series has been badly titled, to my mind. It is not so much "Adventures in Architecture" as "Mostly Visits to Historical Religious sites" with Dan Cruckshank. Read more
Published 18 months ago by jrhartley

5.0 out of 5 stars More about the human condition than mere buildings - stunningly good!
Expect the unexpected...

This has to be one the most inspiring and insightful programmes ever on the subject of architecture. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Kent V. Austin

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic series
One of the best programmes in a long while on the Beeb. Dan's enthusiasm is engaging, even if you think the subject sounds a bit dull. Read more
Published 19 months ago by J. Cullen

4.0 out of 5 stars First class eductional entertainment. Buildings can be brilliant
Dan Crucikshank is an engaging architectural historian who creates TV programmes which are informative, colourful and easy to watch. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Hooligween

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