Secret Knowledge — Season 1, Episode 1: The Kimbolton Cabinet
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 21 episodes
Episode synopsis
Granted privileged access to the Victoria and Albert Museum after hours, John Bly seeks out the Kimbolton Cabinet, an exquisite piece of 18th-century English furniture that promises to reveal much about not only our nation's craft heritage but also his very own childhood.
About Secret Knowledge
In a series of authored films, some of our most engaging experts reveal their favourite hidden objects, forgotten places and artistic passions.
More episodes from Season 1
- E2The Art of the Vikings
- E3Bolsover Castle
- E4Walter Scott’s Castle
- E5Stradivarius and Me
- E7The Art of Witchcraft
- E8The Hidden Jewels of the Cheapside Hoard
- E9Tracey Emin on Louise Bourgeois - Women Without Secrets
- E10Castiglione - Rogue Genius of the Baroque
- E11Hogarth - One Man and His Pug
- E12The Russian Revolutionary: Zaha Hadid on Kazimir Malevich
- E13The Living Mountain: A Cairngorms Journey
- E14In Search of Rory McEwen