David Macaulay: Cathedral

David Macaulay: Cathedral — Plot

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.

• Release date
• April 30, 1986
• Runtime
• 60 min
• Genres
• Documentary, History
• Director
• Tim King

David Macaulay: Cathedral — Cast

David Macaulay Self / Host / Narrator Caroline Berg Self Derek Jacobi Pierre (voice)

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Geoffrey Matthews Bishop Philippe / Dean of the Chapter (voice) Brian Blessed Master Guillaume (voice)

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Paul Bacon Merchant Thibaut (voice) Sean Barrett Bishop Gervais / Chapter Member (voice) Peter Pacey Friar Roland / Robert of Cormont (voice)