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Movie, 2003

Dan Cruickshank & The House That Wouldn't Die

28 min, Documentary, History, United Kingdom

This unique recreation of an 18th-century home, in London's Spitalfields, has to be seen to be believed. Dan Cruickshank smells the rotting food and warms his hands by the roaring fires and asks whether this living museum is really more accurate than a National Trust treasure, or just an eccentric one-off from its outlandish Californian creator, the late Dennis Severs. A follow-up of sorts to the 1985 BBC series Ours to Keep episode "Incomers" focused on this residence.

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DirectorJonty Claypole
GenreDocumentary, History
Runtime28 min
ReleasedMon, Dec 8, 2003
CountryUnited Kingdom

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