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S3E3:Peacocks and Elephants

Secrets of Britain's Historic Houses and Gardens

30 May 2025TV-14

The Peacock Dress, worn at the lavish Delhi Durbar at Kedleston Hall to mark Edward VII becoming Emperor of India needs conservation. At Dyrham Park, a painting by an unknown artist of the port of Bridgetown in Barbados - at the time the center of production for sugar, an industry intrinsically linked with the horrors of slavery - is thought to show an important event in the island’s history.