Don't Look Down (2000)
Synopsis
Design expert Kevin McCloud secures breathtaking vantage points from which to view impressive feats of architecture as he scales some of Britain's highest structures.
Creator
Peter Fincham, Nicola Moody
Network
BBC Two
Episodes
The Forth Bridge
McCloud challenges his fear of heights with an ascent of the 340ft Forth railway bridge.
Salisbury Cathedral
McCloud tackles the walls and then the spire of the oldest building in the series: the medieval Salisbury Cathedral.
Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope
Kevin McCloud tackles the Jodrell Bank radio telescope as the designer and architectural journalist continues to scale some of Britain's highest structures. The ascent in Cheshire includes his worst moment so far - a perilous trip across a 1ft girder above a 200ft drop - before he climbs into the famous dish on top of the structure.
The Lloyds Building
Kevin McCloud scales one of the City of London's stand-out architectural icons, Richard Rogers 's Lloyds Building, and gauges employees' opinions of the edifice. He also looks into the various structures that have housed the ! institution overthe years and charts the course of Rogers's project, which reached its culmination in 1978.
Erno Goldfinger's Trellick Tower
Kevin McCloud ascends the tallest council block in Europe, Trellick Tower in London's Notting Hill. He chronicles the 322ft structure's fortunes, from architect Erno Goldfinger 's original sixties vision of "streets in the sky", through its rock-bottom reputation in the eighties as a vertical slum plagued by drug abuse and crime, to its current English Heritage Grade II Listed status. With the help of long-term occupants and members of the residents' association, he discovers what has caused these radical changes.
The Anglican Cathedral
Kevin McCloud travels to Liverpool to climb the monumental Anglican cathedral. The structure was the life's work of Giles Gilbert Scott , but it wasn't completed until 17 years after his death, which was, in itself, 75 years since work began. Before climbing the outside to the top of the 150ft bell tower, McCloud examines the inside and stands beneath the highest gothic arches ever built.
Cast
Details
Original Title
Don't Look Down
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
6
Production
Talkback
