Release Date

12 Oct, 2011

Runtime

01:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Historian Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of a centuries-old masterpiece in glass. At 78 feet in height, the famous East Window at York Minster is the largest medieval stained-glass window in the country and it was the creative vision of a single artist - a mysterious master craftsman called John Thornton, one of the earliest named English artists. The East Window of York Minster is far more than a work of artistic genius, it is a window onto the medieval world and the medieval mind - telling us who were once were and who we still are, all preserved in the most fragile medium of all.

Original Title

Britain's Most Fragile Treasure

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Actors

Janina Ramirez

Tim Ayers

Sarah Brown

Tony Cattle

Keith Jones

Richard Marks

Walter Pinches

Nick Teed

Helen Whittaker

Crew

Jonty Claypole

Emma Lysaght

Paul Tilzey

Alison Seymour

Jenny Anderson

Chris Foreman

Mark Hanington

David Woolley

Mike Curd

Sophie Forde

Paul Tilzey

Janina Ramirez

Michael Nollet