BDH created this spectacular moment in the four part series, re-envisaging the Crystal Palace at The Great Exhibition in London’s Hyde Park, 1851.
Re-built from the original plans, the glittering building was an advertisement for British genius, packed with locomotives, steam hammers and scientific instruments, although it’s said Victoria herself was especially taken with a bed which tipped you into the bath in the morning and a set of corsets which ‘opened instantaneously in the event of an emergency’.
The audience for The Victorians series was watched by over 4 million viewers on BBC ONE.