Stowe: Reading A Garden
BBC2 June 6 19.00
The Whigs preached liberty yet behaved, when they could afford to, like absolute monarchs. Stowe is the greatest of Enlightenment landscapes, an enclosed world of the utmost pomp. Gardens, lakes, woods and, above all, follies that far from being mere caprices and eye-catchers are symbolic objects, to be interpreted by those with a grasp of the classics to which they allude. It is a physcial creation which requires both literary key and a knowledge of picturesque theory. It is also an antholgy of works by the greatest names of the eighteenth century: Vanbrugh, Gibbs, Kent, Adam, Soane.
Director: Robert Payton
Producer:
MARTHA WAILES
Series Producer:
ALLAN CAMPBELL
Directors:
TIM NIEL
COLIN MURRAY
FRANCIS HANLY
ROBERT PAYTON
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