Thu, 28 February 2008 The British Museum in Holborn, central London, is your complete guide to human history and culture. Its collections, which number more than 13 million different items from around the globe, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present. This episode explores the architecture of the museum, and visits just a few of the many galleries of objects on offer. The Queen Elizabeth II Great Court is a covered square at the centre of the British Museum designed by the engineers Buro Happold and the architects Foster and Partners. The Great Court opened in December 2000 and is the largest covered square in Europe. The roof is a glass and steel construction with 1,656 uniquely shaped panes of glass. At the centre of the Great Court is the Reading Room vacated by the British Library, its functions now moved to St Pancras. The Reading Room is open to any member of the public who wishes to read there. Comments[0] |
Fri, 22 February 2008 Filmed 19 February 2008 Hammersmith Bridge is a suspension bridge which is more than 100 years old, spanning the River Thames linking Hammersmith to Barnes. The main structure is built of wrought iron and is 700ft long and 43ft wide. This episode takes you on a short journey from Hammersmith Bridge along the north shore of a bend in the River Thames, taking in boat communities, rowing teams, and life on the water. The bridge has had a dramatic life from buckling under the weight of heavy traffic to being subject to terrorist bombing. The fact that it survives and remains open today is testament to the love of the local community who have rallied to support it. The current suspension bridge was designed by noted civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette and rests on the same pier foundations constructed for an older bridge designed by Tierney Clark. It was opened by the Prince of Wales on 11 June 1887. Comments[0] |
Thu, 21 February 2008 If you have an Apple TV it should have performed its software update by now (more info here), offering a great new interface and easy access to London Landscape TV episodes. Follow this 2 minute tutorial to get London Landscape TV episodes directly to your Apple TV (without the need for a computer/iTunes to sync with) so you can enjoy high definition video of London on your HDTV screen. Comments[0] |
Sun, 10 February 2008 One of London's most famous landmarks and one of its most hidden are located next to each other! Tower Bridge is an icon of London with its rising road-decks that hinge up to allow traffic through. The bridge was opened on 30th June 1894 but, thanks to its co-location with the Tower of London, the chosen design makes it look a lot older. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_bridge for more information. Right next to Tower Bridge's north pier (so on the north side of the Thames, surrounded by wharves and more modern buildings), are St. Katherine's Docks. From pre-Roman times, the area known as St Katharine Docks has been a centre of commerce and trading. But the real roots of today's complex of commercial and residential buildings can be traced back to the 10th century, when King Edgar (959-975) gave 13 acres of land on the site to 13 knights with the "right" to use the land for profit which provided the basis for trade in foreign goods which continued for a thousand years. Today St. Katherine's Docks are a secret haven for old barges made into beautiful homes, yachts and the latest millionaire floating 'ships'. Note: All the shots in this episode were filmed on 3 February 2008 with the exception of the first 'aerial' shot which was filmed in May 2007 from the top of the Fire Monument, currently closed for refurbishment. I make a point of only using fresh film but I couldn't resist setting the scene with the older shot, especially as I couldn't do it again on the later filming day. Comments[0] |
Sun, 3 February 2008 Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically simply as The Tower), is a historic monument in central London, on the north bank of the River Thames. It is located within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and is separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. The Tower of London is often identified with the White Tower, the original stark square fortress built by William the Conqueror in 1078. However, the tower as a whole is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and a moat. The tower's primary function was a fortress, a royal palace, and a prison (particularly for high status and royal prisoners, such as the Princes in the Tower and the future Queen Elizabeth I). This last use has led to the phrase "sent to the Tower" (meaning "imprisoned"). The Tower of London has also served as a place of execution and torture, an armoury, a treasury, a zoo, the Royal Mint, a public records office, an observatory, and since 1303, the home of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. Filmed Sat 2 Feb 2008. Comments[0] |
London Landscape TV (HD 720p)
If you love London, you'll love London Landscape TV.
This regular high-definition video podcast allows your TV or computer to become your own window overlooking one of the world's greatest and historic capital cities.
Whether you live in London now, have stayed in London and wish to remember it, or you have never been but would love to come, let London Landscape TV be your visual guide to the UK's capital city.
Each LLTV podcast episode is filmed in high-definition by Nick Lansley to bring each particular scene into sharp focus and allows the life of London unfold before the lens in high resolution detail.
The finished movie file is available in the format MPEG4 H.264 Widescreen 720P HD which is compatible with most HD video players.
You'll find LLTV in the iTunes Podcast Directory, Adobe Media Player catalog, TVTonic for Windows Media Player, Zune, and at various other podcast directory sites such as Juice, Doppler, Democracy, jPodder and Feedstation. You can use the RSS feed in any RS reader or pod-catcher application.
Check out LLTV's website at http://www.londonlandscape.tv for all the ways of receiving, watching and enjoying episodes, and even re-using content under the terms of a creative commons license.
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