The Missing Cathedral and the Diabetic Prior - Coventry, West Midlands
Episode 7 · 2000-02-13
- Documentary
- Mystery
Episode overview
Coventry's modern cathedral replaced the old cathedral, bombed to destruction by the Luftwaffe in World War II. A 3rd cathedral, St. Mary's, was also a Benedictine priory, demolished in the 16th century by Henry VIII. The building's destruction is explained. Tony gets a guided tour of Coventry's sister cathedral at Lichfield, by historian Richard Morris. Glass technician Colin Telford creates a stained glass panel. Meanwhile beautiful patterned floor tiles start to emerge, along with rose- and grape-shaped ceiling bosses. Phil uncovers a huge pier which would support the entire roof, though the spire would be wood rather than stone. And at the very end of day 3, they uncover a stone-lined tomb, which has to be completely excavated; so uniquely the dig extends into a 4th day. They are joined by osteoarchaeologist Margaret Cox.
50 minutes
Season 7 episodes
1. A Muslim Port In Spain - Denia, Spain2000-01-02
2. The Mosaic at the Bottom of the Garden - Cirencester, Gloucestershire2000-01-09
3. One of the First Spitfires Lost in France - Wierre-Effroy, France2000-01-16
4. An Iron-Age Roundhouse and a Henge - Waddon, Dorset2000-01-23
5. Hadrian's Wall - Birdoswald, Cumbria2000-01-30
6. In Search of the Earliest Traces of Mankind - Elveden, Suffolk2000-02-06
7. The Missing Cathedral and the Diabetic Prior - Coventry, West Midlands2000-02-13
8. The Royalists' Last Stand - Basing House, Hampshire2000-02-20
9. A Bronze-Age Barrow and Walkway - Flag Fenn, Cambridgeshire2000-02-27
10. In Search of the Palace of King Offa - Sutton, Hereford2000-03-05
11. A Roman Temple in Sight of the Millennium Dome - Greenwich Park, London2000-03-12
12. Nuns in Northumbria - Hartlepool, County Durham2000-03-19
13. The Roman Fortress of Eboracum - York, Yorkshire2000-03-26
