Dan Cruickshank explores the Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament (Part 5)

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2009
  • Dan Cruickshank reaches the Westminster Clock Tower containing the bell called Big Ben. Apart from being part of one of Britains iconic monuments, Dan explains what a Victorian achievement they really are. This is the final part.

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  • @joannehines7954
    @joannehines7954 4 года назад +7

    gobsmackingly fantastic,totaly priceless,truly wonderful

  • @delacaravanio
    @delacaravanio 11 лет назад +23

    £2.5 million in the 1850s would be the equivalent of £220 million (adjusting for inflation) today.

  • @CBF1
    @CBF1 4 года назад +12

    Went to see it last year for Remembrance Sunday.

  • @1212matt
    @1212matt 9 лет назад +8

    Thanks for posting this , I really enjoyed watching.

  • @sawahtb
    @sawahtb 4 года назад +14

    I'm an American and I love the sound of that bell.

    • @dariowiter3078
      @dariowiter3078 4 года назад +2

      Who's doesn't like the sound of "Big Ben"! 😁😁😁😁😁

    • @LeoGabrielball
      @LeoGabrielball 2 месяца назад

      Im mexican and I love it too

    • @Ajch3n1664
      @Ajch3n1664 Месяц назад

      I'm xhdhdhdhdvcdhdudhrian and I like it

  • @courtneywilliams5299
    @courtneywilliams5299 7 лет назад +6

    I love big Ben's chiming sound

    • @stephensnell5707
      @stephensnell5707 Год назад +1

      You are aware though that the name Big Ben is given only to the 13.5 ton bell that chimes the hour with the quarter hour bells sitting around it

  • @puggyboi672
    @puggyboi672 7 лет назад +10

    It's beautiful 😍

  • @terryshilo6750
    @terryshilo6750 9 лет назад +8

    Wonderful, aside televised events there. I had never put the entire building into perspective. Thank you for uploading. In this day and time, such beauty could not be reproduced. Not simply at the original cost of adjusted for inflation. Many of the skilled tradesmen are not available to do this type of work now.

    • @ginaotto1078
      @ginaotto1078 6 лет назад +1

      Shaking big ben

    • @bipsbops
      @bipsbops 5 лет назад

      Sffgvgfgu😂😎😵😖😖😨😏😖😎😱😎😍😖😍😵😚😝😄😋😂😉😎☺😪☺😱😖😱😍😱👩😏😏😖😏😖😍😏👯👯👯👯👯😵😏😱☺😄☺😏☺😏😏☺😏😭😏😝😏😂😚😚😚😂😚😂😏😂😂😳💝💓💝💝💞💋💏💞💞💏💞💝💋💓💘❤💗💙💖💚💕💛💟💜💔😮😦😕😧😟😶😙😗🙈👻🎅🙉🙊👻👻👿🙊🎅🙈🙊🙉🙊😾🙈😾👲👲👩👩👲💇👨👰👄👃✋🏃🙎🏃👪👪🙇🙇🙇🚹🙎🙇🙇👪💑👫🙇👶🙅🐖🐑🐷🐺🐺🐑🐗🐽🐖🐏🐏🐂🐂🐫🐃🐏🐃🐏🐏🐄🐃🌲💮🌻🌷🌹🐊🐉🐝🐛🐌💐💐🐢🐬🐚🐜🍅🍎🍃🍅🍋🍐🍈🍓🍍🍆🍉🍇🍑🍌🍊🍏🍓🍜🍤🍕🍕🍲🍤🍠🍔🍠🍴🍠🍱🍠🍴🍣🍱🍻☕🍫🎂🍬🍫🍦🍮🍬🍶🎂🎂🍭🍹🍺🍹🍵🍵🍫🍸🍬🍭🍞🍻🍞🍩💦🌌🌈🌜🌛🌙🌝🌞🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌏🌍🌎🌏👛👒👛🎓👛👛👝👡🎄📦🎍🎁🎐🎊🎐🎉💿💿💿💿💿💿💿📌✒💬✒📍✒🎶🎵🎵🎤🎵🎶🎤🎺🔫🏆🔏🔐🏆🚗🚕🚦🚥⛪🏫🏧⛪🏉🏉⚽🏀🏄🏉⚽🏀🏉🏉🎪🗽󾓬󾓬🏁󾓦󾓬󾓭󾓬󾓬󾓭🏁✖🔴💠💠🔴💠💠🔶🔷🔲🔲🔷↔🔺🔺🔺🔺↔↕🔻↕🔻⏩🚷 🚳🚷🚳🚷🚳🚷🚳🚳🚷🚱🚭🔞🚰🚯🚭🚫📵📶🔕🔇🆓🆕🆕🆕🆕🈵🈶🈹🈵㊙🈳㊙🈳🈶🈶🈴🕔🕕🕕🕔🕙🕕🕟🕕🕛🕧🕐🕜🕑🕝🕝🕞🕓🕟🕔🕠🕠🕕🕕🕡🕖🕢🕗🕣🕘🕤🕙🕦🕦🕚🕥🅰🅱🅾🆎♠♥♣♦📪📬↩🔁🔂♒🛃🔂♓🛃♒\( ̄<  ̄)>📴📵↖↔🔺⬇⤵↕⤵🔺↔↕↕↔↕⬅⬅↕↕🔺⏫↔⏬⏬⏬⏪⏬⏬⏪🔻↔↔🔻↔🔺↔↘🔺↔↘😥😣😫😷😣😷😥😣😌

  • @tylerwhoisafanoffanstrains9246
    @tylerwhoisafanoffanstrains9246 4 года назад +4

    Happy 160th birthday big ben.

  • @user-xr4qn2tu9l
    @user-xr4qn2tu9l 3 года назад +4

    My heart)))!!!!!!!!!!! My love for life!!)))

  • @MRMK24
    @MRMK24 4 года назад +4

    I thought he was going have a stroke on them stairs 😂

  • @someguy8576
    @someguy8576 9 лет назад +9

    A big ben strikes the hour and the big ben bell sounds like the E

  • @unclepabs
    @unclepabs 9 лет назад +5

    What a wonderful feature! I believe the actual tower was named St. Stephens tower although there's debate that it was known by other names; but it was officially renamed Elizabeth tower to mark the Queens Diamond jubilee.

  • @Adam-jx2il
    @Adam-jx2il 6 лет назад +18

    I love how much Lord of the rings music was used in this documentary

  • @nickystar600video3
    @nickystar600video3 3 года назад +4

    I love Big Ben.

  • @silviaruhsen4666
    @silviaruhsen4666 2 года назад +1

    Just a hearing - and feeling

  • @Eric_Ramirez_Gaming_101
    @Eric_Ramirez_Gaming_101 6 лет назад +20

    Dan appreciates construction methods and beauty of such historical structures

  • @user-bw2ms4qv4z
    @user-bw2ms4qv4z Год назад +1

    now i know that big ben is never the name of the clock but the big bell that chimes the hour

  • @rubinhasa3390
    @rubinhasa3390 7 лет назад +14

    Big Ben's My Favorite!

  • @joncline8472
    @joncline8472 9 месяцев назад +5

    SHES SO CUTE AS A BABY!😍❤👶

  • @thefullmoonwerewolf9282
    @thefullmoonwerewolf9282 6 лет назад +8

    Big Ben is supposed to be a E note, not the normal Big Ben you hear now

  • @FluffythePuff
    @FluffythePuff 9 лет назад +13

    Omg if I went up that many stairs and looked down I would think I'm gonna fall!!!

  • @unfitforconsumption
    @unfitforconsumption 4 года назад +5

    Wait why did it go **chime chime chim ... chime chime chime-...**

    • @GD28-03
      @GD28-03 4 года назад

      ⓡⓐⓘⓝⓐ ⓦⓞⓛⓕⓘⓔ it did

  • @madjackedjake4186
    @madjackedjake4186 Год назад +4

    4:11 SMASH 🔔💥🔨

  • @johnking5174
    @johnking5174 5 лет назад +3

    Now in August 2018 the clock tower is being dismantled and the whole clock tower is being refurbished and renovated. Only one face of the clock tower is available now for the remaining time of refurbishment until 2021.

  • @user-bw2ms4qv4z
    @user-bw2ms4qv4z Год назад

    i love that man

  • @ianskeggs5294
    @ianskeggs5294 6 лет назад +7

    I simply have to be in attendance when Big Ben is struck after the renovation

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 5 лет назад

      2021, hope you can wait until then?

    • @internetakward8313
      @internetakward8313 5 лет назад

      The clock hands are now back to their Victorian blue

    • @internetakward8313
      @internetakward8313 5 лет назад

      And a lift; s being added

    • @internetakward8313
      @internetakward8313 5 лет назад +1

      And if you walk up the steps near the top a glass wall lets you see the bells

    • @pyeltd.5457
      @pyeltd.5457 5 лет назад

      It's going to be a huge Bluetooth speaker that makes the bong as Bells are so old school yo.

  • @LukeWatson99
    @LukeWatson99 4 года назад +4

    very emotion really 1:34

  • @1966mts
    @1966mts 6 лет назад +5

    I LOVE WESTMINSTER!!!!! AND grandmother clock's my grandson sead he was goona get me a grandmother clock

  • @mixedentertainment27
    @mixedentertainment27 7 лет назад +2

    the best clock palace ever in Westminster

  • @paulnewsom7629
    @paulnewsom7629 4 года назад

    Ahh England ,I Cannot Wait to be there For A Visit ,My Dream is Soon to Happen Sept 21st 2020 ,Only a Few of My Family Still There ,But This Yank is Greatful Just to Go there once ,,As I Am 56 I Have one Chance to Go And Its Truly Going to be for Me ,A DREAM COME TRUE

  • @ItsKenichiChannel_2042.
    @ItsKenichiChannel_2042. Год назад

    When the sound is normal it looks like sound of chime of dan cruickshank after in train gears room

  • @joannehines7954
    @joannehines7954 4 года назад +5

    BIG BEN IS GREAT

  • @Oddbodswithme197
    @Oddbodswithme197 2 года назад +2

    0:00 the great clock tower has an big ben (rings)

  • @mateuszceglak8
    @mateuszceglak8 4 года назад +2

    VERY AMAZING PLACES I'M HAVE VISIT MATEUSZ Z MAMĄJADWIGĄ!!!

    • @RCGameEdits
      @RCGameEdits 2 года назад

      You can even climb up/use the elevator.

  • @varickST
    @varickST Год назад

    Nice

  • @unclepabs
    @unclepabs 9 лет назад +2

    Can anyone tell me the name of the music being played as he climbs the steps of the tower early in this video? I'm sure this is a sample from a film score? Thanks

    • @aleluia1903
      @aleluia1903 4 года назад +1

      Code Red (Voice)
      by Elliot Goldenthal

  • @lornamagboo9875
    @lornamagboo9875 3 года назад

    that is very grand

  • @samprice2393
    @samprice2393 5 месяцев назад

    0:07 That beautiful muffled chime you hear as he goes upstairs

    • @samprice2393
      @samprice2393 5 месяцев назад +1

      So cute as a baby like this in 2009

    • @samprice2393
      @samprice2393 5 месяцев назад +1

      The great clock tower housing Big Ben *chime* 0:03

  • @kimberlyvito9401
    @kimberlyvito9401 7 лет назад +5

    I love big ben the stars is good exercise !!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Avidcomp
    @Avidcomp 5 лет назад +12

    It's a shame it hasn't continued to inspire the young generation to keep better time. Often late, or even no show.

    • @Chris14_
      @Chris14_ 4 года назад +2

      Global Warming

  • @stephensnell1379
    @stephensnell1379 3 года назад +1

    I expect the bloke in this video wasn't aware of how loud Big Ben is when it goes off each hour

  • @christianpatriot7439
    @christianpatriot7439 4 года назад

    The Palace of Westminster, the ultimate Victorian Era folly.

  • @segano1
    @segano1 12 лет назад +1

    The price tag for planned refurbishment of the Houses of Parliament, which has been estimated to cost at least £3 billion.
    Reports in the Sunday Times reveal the House of Commons commission, chaired by the Speaker John Bercow, is currently investigating the options for the refurbishment, which could begin in 2015.
    Con't below...

  • @silver760
    @silver760 14 лет назад +5

    Its a shame that the houses of parliament depict what Britain WAS and not what it IS.

  • @valdas1027
    @valdas1027 13 лет назад +2

    can i get subtitles of Dan Chuickshank exploration?

  • @darrent6814
    @darrent6814 2 года назад +3

    Chime starts at 7:04

    • @atlantis0v-104
      @atlantis0v-104 2 года назад +1

      Lyrics:All through this hour lord be my guide and by thy power no foot shall slide

  • @emmabeverdam6291
    @emmabeverdam6291 2 года назад +1

    when big ben was first built it was just called the clock tower

  • @Cool2BCeltic
    @Cool2BCeltic 11 лет назад +3

    if you look at my uploaded videos there are a few that involve climbing towers. I hope I get the chance to climb this tower and shoot a video climbing it.

    • @Eric_Ramirez_Gaming_101
      @Eric_Ramirez_Gaming_101 5 лет назад +1

      So do I! It's my life long dream to go inside Big Ben and see and video everything

  • @shiellafontanilla9581
    @shiellafontanilla9581 5 лет назад +2

    Big Ben is the only thing the clock tower .

  • @LukeWatson99
    @LukeWatson99 4 года назад +5

    8:54 look at all the smog wtf

  • @robonia6424
    @robonia6424 3 года назад +1

    The Big Ben tower sounds like a piano

  • @Zombie-xp3jc
    @Zombie-xp3jc 3 года назад

    I Like it

  • @aishwaryachandra5459
    @aishwaryachandra5459 3 года назад

    BigBEN is my favrite clock tower

    • @stephensnell5707
      @stephensnell5707 Год назад

      Incorrect It's the name given to the 13.5 ton bell the tower is called the Elizabeth Tower

  • @TIANIC121
    @TIANIC121 Год назад

    the great clock tower housing big ben.
    B O N G

  • @rottedpotato645
    @rottedpotato645 7 лет назад +24

    Big Ben my favorite clock tower

  • @kurokotetsuya8829
    @kurokotetsuya8829 5 лет назад +37

    Why he didn't wear anything to cover his ears be careful dude it could damage your hearing .

  • @markgoldstein8923
    @markgoldstein8923 9 лет назад +1

    Maybe its a silly question but: Who winds it up? What powers and powered the movement? Are there gigantic weights? Are there huge main springs, electric motors. Is it nuclear powered?

    • @vapno92
      @vapno92 7 лет назад

      Mark Goldstein about 4 ton weights... clock train is winded by hands and chiming trains are winded by electric motor

    • @genevadamron3735
      @genevadamron3735 7 лет назад

      Matúš Mikula

    • @CurtisLittlechild92
      @CurtisLittlechild92 5 лет назад

      It’s a three train weight driven movement. One for time keeping. One for the quarter chimes. And one for the hour strike.

  • @72secondprize
    @72secondprize 4 года назад +3

    They should replace it with a digital clock face. Get with the times, man.

    • @stealth1692
      @stealth1692 4 года назад

      Because that would look stupid

    • @stephensnell1379
      @stephensnell1379 4 года назад

      The clock face it has got is the best one

    • @expiredtylernol
      @expiredtylernol 3 года назад

      No... it should be preserved but not changed

  • @Ajch3n1664
    @Ajch3n1664 4 месяца назад

    2:27 He looks like a British villain

  • @legostarwarsheadquarters3708
    @legostarwarsheadquarters3708 7 лет назад +1

    7:04 bells chime

    • @justin7036
      @justin7036 6 лет назад +1

      No Shit! Is it really chiming

  • @xyron_littlegamer
    @xyron_littlegamer 3 года назад

    Big ben☺☺☺☺

  • @chrisdawson6156
    @chrisdawson6156 5 лет назад +2

    what year was this made

    • @bernihautzi1604
      @bernihautzi1604 4 года назад

      2009

    • @Laserashton
      @Laserashton 3 месяца назад

      I believe early 2004. This was part of a series where Dan Cruickshank explored some of Britain's iconic landmarks and explored the architecture. He is still around today, but he doesn't explore these places on TV anymore!

  • @ItsKenichiChannel_2042.
    @ItsKenichiChannel_2042. Год назад

    Quarter chimes at 2:14

  • @northpolerecords2275
    @northpolerecords2275 9 лет назад +21

    there are 334 steps in big ben clock tower

  • @EFTwo-n3z
    @EFTwo-n3z 2 года назад

    Big ben in london is very good in all the way to get another

  • @BNStudios1
    @BNStudios1 12 лет назад

    1:05 - golly!!!!!

  • @anonymoussecret7840
    @anonymoussecret7840 8 лет назад +3

    🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @ireneredondo8380
    @ireneredondo8380 3 года назад +1

    Tight oop A Big ben!

  • @Daniel_S.284
    @Daniel_S.284 4 года назад +3

    2:15 it is not striking one of the bells...

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 3 года назад

      That is the mechanical part of the clock, the actual chiming bells are further up, when you watch Dan further on in the clip, when he is standing next to Big Ben, the four chiming quarter bells are around it.

    • @lorenkorr
      @lorenkorr 3 года назад

      These chiming sounds, marks the hour and the 30 example: 12 : 30 am/pm

  • @segano1
    @segano1 12 лет назад

    It may also involve evacuating the Houses of Commons and Lords, and building a replica chamber while the overhaul takes place. One supporter of the plan suggests that if the MPs do not move out the bill could rise to as much as £10 billion.

  • @kjfenterprises9618
    @kjfenterprises9618 11 месяцев назад

    7:04 Big Ben Strikes 5

  • @sabianzereofficial
    @sabianzereofficial 2 года назад

    i ever look big ben mechanism on demolition 3d

  • @GwoonRaveleijn
    @GwoonRaveleijn 3 месяца назад +1

    2:20 that isn’t good… the bells are chiming a,f,g,c instead of a,g,f,c.

  • @ItsKenichiChannel_2042.
    @ItsKenichiChannel_2042. 2 года назад

    Big ben bell: BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG...

  • @RaFGavinChenZiLa
    @RaFGavinChenZiLa 3 года назад +2

    2:14

  • @Zombie-xp3jc
    @Zombie-xp3jc 3 года назад +1

    Big Ben Has 24 hours

  • @RaFGavinChenZiLa
    @RaFGavinChenZiLa 3 года назад +8

    7:04

  • @GULFRAZMAJEEDseye8eyes
    @GULFRAZMAJEEDseye8eyes 3 года назад

    Are you sure there were 334 steps may there was 333 Steps one was added because of London Thames river rising

  • @LegoNinjagoFan1233
    @LegoNinjagoFan1233 2 года назад

    I watched this before

  • @campanassantaclaraoficial6915
    @campanassantaclaraoficial6915 3 года назад

    4:07 se rompe la campana

  • @MabuhayAngPilipinas69
    @MabuhayAngPilipinas69 3 года назад

    11:00

  • @eejay30
    @eejay30 12 лет назад +1

    How Come Big Ben just Rang On 3 : 45 pm?

    • @CurtisLittlechild92
      @CurtisLittlechild92 5 лет назад

      E.J. Ramos A screw up in the editing maybe?

    • @rosemarylefox5338
      @rosemarylefox5338 3 года назад

      Not a screw up, the melody plays every 15 minutes, in a diffrent selection.

  • @carmelaaragones4841
    @carmelaaragones4841 2 года назад

    The Great Great Clock Tower Big Ben (Bong)

  • @Zombie-xp3jc
    @Zombie-xp3jc 3 года назад +1

    London and england

  • @mayumipantoja2075
    @mayumipantoja2075 2 года назад

    big ben

  • @gcgames_
    @gcgames_ Год назад

    2009

  • @philipbrailey
    @philipbrailey 4 года назад

    There’s a lift going in.

    • @crystxlzx6442
      @crystxlzx6442 4 года назад

      A lift wouldn't be possible, big Ben is too narrow for that and would probably damage it and it would ruin the 1800's vibes it gives

    • @wiltothecollector4420
      @wiltothecollector4420 4 года назад

      @@crystxlzx6442 it's not going between the stairs, it is going into a ventialation shaft, which is big enough to house it and from the outside you wouldn't even notice,

    • @marksudlow5083
      @marksudlow5083 4 года назад

      @@crystxlzx6442 well then don't make comments if you don't know what you're talking about...

  • @Jashel100
    @Jashel100 8 лет назад +4

    lol

  • @annadomeradzka4374
    @annadomeradzka4374 2 года назад

    2002

  • @happyhappyann
    @happyhappyann 7 лет назад

    1+2+3+4 etc

  • @KayeLouAnora-pb7wf
    @KayeLouAnora-pb7wf 6 месяцев назад

    his so lucky he got on big ben and i dont im from philippines i dont have money to travel there

  • @raulpatasin2761
    @raulpatasin2761 3 дня назад

    BIG BEN 😂

  • @duedsfilla2115
    @duedsfilla2115 2 года назад

    Big Ben a legend good old days

  • @hannahdavies7388
    @hannahdavies7388 2 года назад

    Amazing how they designed big ben& the new parliament building in the victorian era

  • @adamcrane7732
    @adamcrane7732 4 года назад

    Hello

  • @fabgee3175
    @fabgee3175 3 года назад

    Big Ben I can’t see Big Ben

  • @ioKarush
    @ioKarush Год назад +1

    334 sters to go

  • @iverchulin4020
    @iverchulin4020 3 года назад

    I will build this in Minecraft but more bigger like above the clouds

  • @dkintana
    @dkintana Месяц назад

    7:04
    May 28 2024