If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home

If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home

If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home

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If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home

2011- 2011

1 Seasons

4 Episodes

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Lucy Worsley, chief curator of the historic royal palaces, takes us through 800 years of domestic history by exploring the British home through four rooms, meeting experts and historians on the way.

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