Summary for : Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day – Episode 6
The villa needs to be completed before the winter weather makes building impossible, but the main room’s plaster is refusing to set and delaying the painting of the frescoes. The team discovers the unusual materials used by the Romans to finish the floors and make the windows, and designer Dai Morgan Evans lays on a banquet for the men as the project nears completion.source:LocateTv.com
Summary for : Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day – Episode 5
Tim begins plastering over 3,000 square metres of wall using an experimental Roman recipe, but clashes with foreman Jim, who thinks someone should be helping him. A new carpenter arrives on site to make the doors and windows, Ben and Darren get on with laying mud bricks and chiselling the marble columns, and the bath house nears completion.source:LocateTv.com
Summary for : Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day – Episode 4
Foreman Jim supervises the construction of the roof, while plumber Kevin devises an ingenious way to produce the 200,000 tiles he needs for the mosaic floor. Ben and Darren begin work on a fertility symbol for the villa, and an authentic Roman kiln is built to fire clay to the temperature of volcanic lava. However, villa designer Dai Morgan Evans is understandably upset when someone daubs the roof with graffiti.source:Tv.com
Summary for : Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day – Episode 3
The builders face the most dangerous phase of the project as they prepare to construct the giant timber frame. Cutting the trees down with just axes and saws proves to be a major undertaking, and foreman Jim is unimpressed with their progress. Plumber Kevin begins work on the mosaic that will become the villa’s centrepiece and considers how to tackle the problem of mass producing more than 200,000 tiles.source:LocateTv.com
Summary for : Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day – Episode 1
In this first episode, the builders meet Prof. Dai Morgan Evans, the archaeologist who’s designed the Roman villa they’re attempting to build with just authentic tools and materials.source:channel4.com
Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day Series Summary
Two thousand years ago, the Romans transformed Britain with straight roads, spectacular aqueducts and magnificent cities. The countryside was studded with luxurious villas. But today only ruins remain..source:channel4.com
Summary for : Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day – Episode 2
The builders get to work on the bath house, hoping to install underfloor heating, a plunge pool and a steam room. Archaeologist Dai Morgan Evans thinks they should be making faster progress, so he takes them to Turkey for inspiration, where they view Roman ruins and experience a memorable Turkish bath. Back in Wroxeter, the men get to grips with making tubulae, the rectangular clay pipes that will be vital for heating the building.source:LocateTv.com