Inside The Tower Of London

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Inside The Tower Of London

With nearly 30,000 poppies in place, the Tower prepares for a landmark VE Day as Queen Camilla arrives to plant the final flower. Amid gun salutes and global media, wartime memories are shared, historic injustices uncovered, and daily life continues inside the walls.

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Season 8
43:14
As thousands of fragile VE Day poppies arrive during opening hours, the Tower faces a nerve-wracking crane lift for its landmark display. Change comes to the Keys pub, medieval palace secrets are revealed, and two baby ravens prepare to join the iconic flock.
43:22
As the Tower prepares a vast VE Day poppy installation, a risky test build pushes the ancient fortress to the edge. New Ravenmaster Barney welcomes rare chicks, while historian Tracy Borman uncovers explosive evidence that challenges everything we thought we knew about Elizabeth I and the Tudors.
43:23
As the Tower marks 80 years since VE Day, thousands of ceramic poppies return in a dramatic new display. Amid complex engineering and ambitious excavations, a new Deputy Governor faces her first ceremonial test, while a long-serving Yeoman Warder prepares an emotional farewell.
At the Tower of London, a landmark D-Day anniversary is marked with a powerful service of remembrance. As national history is honoured, new light is shed on Sir Walter Raleigh's fate, and change comes closer to home with an emotional farewell to a senior figure at the fortress.
Season 7
The Tower of London is alive with summer activity. New Beefeater Barney Barnett struggles to master the 8,000-word tour script, 18 Tudor barges row 25 miles for the ceremonial Tudor Pull, fire doors are installed in the White Tower, and Chief Curator Tracy Borman uncovers Elizabeth I's bond with Robert Dudley.
One year after King Charles III's coronation, the Tower stages a gun salute as Yeoman Warders remember the historic day. New Tudor uniforms are made, medal ribbons repaired, Henry VIII's armour is removed, a bold 18th-century escape is retold and WWII damage revealed.
It is Constable's Dues day at the Tower of London as 80 Royal Marines arrive by boat and helicopter to deliver a barrel of port. With shaky rehearsals, a gate challenge by Clive Towell, a new Ravenmaster under pressure and Tudor prison graffiti revealed, history and spectacle collide.
March 2024 brings change at the Tower of London as new Yeoman Warder Rob Fuller and Gaoler Clive Towell prepare the huge Constable's Dues. With 80 Royal Marines, boats on the Thames, a helicopter flypast, a new Ravenmaster and rare Tudor artefacts, everything must run with military precision.
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