London's Highgate Cemetery contains some of the finest funerary architecture in Great Britain. Host Roberto Mighty shares Victorian-era attractions. Roberto and expert guests visit the lives of Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy; Mary Ann Evans/"George Eliot", author of Silas Marner and Middlemarch; Black World War I hero Lt. Walter Tull; and discuss landscape architecture.
Duration: 26 minutes and 45 seconds
Episode Number: 102
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WORLD'S GREATEST CEMETERIES highlights these hidden gems in a magazine-style half-hour that uses actors, forensic scientists, historians and even horticulturists to share true stories of romance, war, espionage and intrigue.
Each episode includes a thoughtful visual exploration of one of the world's greatest cemeteries, along with dramatized re-enactments of pivotal moments in the life of a historical individual buried at the site.
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