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Episode 2

It's just over halfway through the seven-year renovation project, and the team have adopted unusual measures to make way for the next stage of the audacious build – a four-storey roof extension.

It's just over halfway through the seven-year renovation project, and the team have adopted unusual measures to make way for the next stage of the audacious build – a four-storey roof extension. Meanwhile, below ground, the basement reaches its fifth and deepest level after overcoming the challenges of groundwater and an underground river.

But then disaster strikes as world events intervene. The Covid-19 pandemic forces the hotel to close for the first time in over a century as well as derailing plans to complete the building work on time.

7 months left to watch

59 minutes

Signed Audio described

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:55

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    An Der Schonen, Blauen Donau (The Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Emilia Fox
Director Rod Williams
Executive Producer Lucie Duxbury
Executive Producer Magnus Temple
Executive Producer Rachel Morgan
Executive Producer Ninder Billing Khandelwal
Executive Producer Lucy Bowden
Executive Producer Emma Tutty
Production Company The Garden Productions

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