Doc Martin Fans Trample “Portwenn”
1:00 01/01/1970
The British comedy series Doc Martin is a huge hit with PBS viewers. Being in Cornwall, I had to drop by the rugged little fishing port where it’s filmed. The village of Portwenn in Doc Martin is...
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Grand Tour of My London Hotel Room
1:00 01/01/1970
One of my favorite moments in my travels is that little eddy between modules of a trip. For me, each two-month trip has segments. Today, the film crew is flying home from Germany, and I’m settling...
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Rothenburg as a Stage Set
1:00 01/01/1970
We spent 12 days scrambling to film our Reformation special. And the last stop was the historic German town of Rothenburg. If the town’s good enough to use as a location for “Pinocchio,”...
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Inside Look at Amazing Crime Museum
1:00 01/01/1970
While filming in Rothenburg at the amazing Medieval Crime and Punishment Museum, we got a behind-the-scenes look at how great museums don’t just happen. (Tacky and commercial “torture museums”...
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Modern Germans Reenact Medieval Battles
1:00 01/01/1970
While filming our Protestant Reformation documentary in Germany, we decided to use Rothenburg’s 16th-century settings to do my “on cameras.” It was perfect: Its Medieval Crime and Punishment...
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Reformation Shoot
1:00 01/01/1970
We’re in Germany filming a one-hour special about Martin Luther and the Reformation which will be released in a year for the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Luther was the first...
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Documentary Style à la Ken Burns
1:00 01/01/1970
Ken Burns can enthrall me for hours on end with lavishly filmed, edited, and narrated history. It’s my hope that our hour-long special on Luther and the Reformation will be enthralling too. For me...
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Slaughter at the End of the Middle Ages
1:00 01/01/1970
While filming our Protestant Reformation special in Germany, I couldn’t resist stopping by a sight I’ve never heard of before that is related to the Reformation — the Panorama Museum in Bad...
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5 luxury vegan experiences in Siem Reap
1:00 01/01/1970
Siem Reap in Cambodia is home to the ruins of the ancient Khmer city of Angkor which include famous sights such as Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and Ta Prohm (the magical ruins overgrown by giant trees...
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Tacky Tuscan Tourist Trap?
1:00 01/01/1970
When filming our TV shows, we often note how we make things look better than they are. The truth is, there are a lot of tacky tourist traps throughout Europe. San Gimignano comes off as a pretty...
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