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1976: The Faking of the Crown Jewels | Look Stranger | BBC Archive
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20:54Now PlayingIn a decaying corner of Covent Garden, three highly respectable citizens have devoted their lives to forgery on the grandest scale. Charles Robinson, jeweller, Bess Martin, embroiderer, and George Clifton, metal worker, copy the Crown Jewels for a living. Their customers include museums and waxworks all round the world. They reveal how to make an Imperial State Crown, starting with a strand of copper wire ...
Presented by Rene Cutforth.
Clip taken from Look Stranger, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 28 July, 1976.
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