Great Palace, The: The Story of Parliament

Synopsis

Series looking at the history and working life of the British Parliament.
1: Uses models to recreate the 1000-year history of the royal palaces at Westminster and shows Westminster Hall, built by Richard II.
2: Looks at the links between the monarch and Parliament and examines the role of the Queen, showing the ceremony of the State Opening of Parliament.
3: Reconstructs the burning of both the Houses of Parliament in October 1834 and recounts the history of new buildings designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Pugin.
4: Margaret Thatcher gives a guided tour of the Prime Minister’s office and Michael Foot recounts the history of the Commons, including notes on Question Time.
5: Lord Tonypandy, former Speaker, shows the state rooms of the Speaker’s residence at Westminster and explores the Commons’ chamber. The Serjeant at Arms describes the gilded Commons’ mace and the former Clerk of the Commons speaks of his ancient office.
6: A touor of the House of Lords, which includes the library, the dining and the Lords’ chamber, Lord Hailsham and the office of the Lord Chancellor. The Duke of Norfolk talks about the reform of the House of Lords.
7: How legislation is planned and how bills make their passage through both houses. Mrs Thatcher and the Leader of the Commons explain.
8: Looks at the workers: secretaries, researchers, librarians, cooks, cleaners and cellarmen.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 8 x 50 min.

Year of production

1984

Availability

Sale; 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £360.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Subjects

Politics & government

Keywords

House of Commons; House of Lords; Parliament; United Kingdom

Credits

Writer

Christopher Jones

Sections

Title

Royal Westminster

Synopsis

1: Uses models to recreate the 1000-year history of the royal palaces at Westminster and shows Westminster Hall, built by Richard II.

Title

Those five hundred kings

Synopsis

2: Looks at the links between the monarch and Parliament and examines the role of the Queen, showing the ceremony of the State Opening of Parliament.

Title

Victorian masterpiece

Synopsis

3: Reconstructs the burning of both the Houses of Parliament in October 1834 and recounts the history of new buildings designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Pugin.

Title

Best club in London, The

Synopsis

4: Margaret Thatcher gives a guided tour of the Prime Minister's office and Michael Foot recounts the history of the Commons, including notes on Question Time.

Title

Order! Order!

Synopsis

5: Lord Tonypandy, former Speaker, shows the state rooms of the Speaker's residence at Westminster and explores the Commons' chamber. The Serjeant at Arms describes the gilded Commons' mace and the former Clerk of the Commons speaks of his ancient office.

Title

House of peers, The

Synopsis

6: A touor of the House of Lords, which includes the library, the dining and the Lords' chamber, Lord Hailsham and the office of the Lord Chancellor. The Duke of Norfolk talks about the reform of the House of Lords.

Title

Business of the House, The

Synopsis

7: How legislation is planned and how bills make their passage through both houses. Mrs Thatcher and the Leader of the Commons explain.

Title

People of the palace

Synopsis

8: Looks at the workers: secretaries, researchers, librarians, cooks, cleaners and cellarmen.

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact

Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)

Email

BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com

Web

https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 20 8433 1009

Address

BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK

Notes

The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’