ST. MICHAEL’S TOWER (Home of the Gloucester Civic Trust)

The Tower is to be used by the BBC on  Saturday 28 August  to host some of their events for their Norman Day:

10.00am: FILM: “When Brunel’s Ship Came Home” - 40 years on, BBC West marks the SS Great Britain’s return to Bristol (30 mins).

11.00am: FILM: “Bygone Gloucestershire” - Re-live the 1970s and ’80s with the TV archives of BBC West (30 mins)

11.30am: FILM: “Domesday” - At Christmas in the year 1085, Gloucester became the most important place in the entire British Isles. This short film reveals the reason why (10 mins)

12.00pm: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR - Phil Moss explores Norman Gloucester (30 mins)

(12.30pm: FREE WALK: Discover a city steeped in history on this 40 min. guided tour with the Gloucester Civic Trust. Starting outside St Michael’s Tower)

1.00pm: THE CITIZEN - Making News for 130 Years: Editor-in-Chief, Ian Mean, flicks through the pages of newspaper history (30 mins)

1.30pm: FILM: “When Brunel’s Ship Came Home” - The BBC celebrates the 40th anniversary of SS Great Britain’s homecoming (30 mins)

2.00pm: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR - Gloucester in Norman times described by Phil Moss (30 mins)

3.00pm: FILM: “Bygone Gloucestershire” - Familiar people and places from the BBC West archives of the 1970s & ’80s (30 mins)

3.30pm: FILM: “Domesday” - Dr Stephen Baxter shakes the dust off Domesday and reveals this Norman treasure from Gloucester’s past. (10 mins)