Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality animation, the program surveys France's most famous churches. Travel back to 1214 to explore the design of Notre Dame de Beaulieu, a representative Gothic cathedral. The program tells period tales revealing fascinating stories of life and death, faith and despair, prosperity, and intrigue.
Top Cast
David Macaulay as Self
Caroline Berg as Self
Derek Jacobi as Pierre (voice)
Geoffrey Matthews as Bishop Philippe
Brian Blessed as Master Guillaume (voice)
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