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Cast

Peter Guinness

Peter Guinness

Narrator

Crew

Li Shuo

Li Shuo

Sound

Qiao Xin

Qiao Xin

Sound

Xu Wanlee

Xu Wanlee

Camera Operator

Tony Mewse

Tony Mewse

Camera Operator

David Tong

David Tong

Camera Operator

Zhou Junwen

Zhou Junwen

Associate Producer

Wang Yuanyuan

Wang Yuanyuan

Executive Producer

Katie King

Katie King

Production Coordinator

Shahana Meer

Shahana Meer

Production Director

Han Zhang

Han Zhang

Production Office Assistant

Emma Falkus

Emma Falkus

Production Manager

Amy Kemp

Amy Kemp

Production Manager

Roger Guertin

Roger Guertin

Editor

Bill Locke

Bill Locke

Executive Producer

Ian Bremner

Ian Bremner

Producer

Ian Bremner

Ian Bremner

Director

Brian Davis

Brian Davis

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Secrets of the Forbidden City

20179.0 / 100
Documentary

Overview

The Forbidden City is the world’s biggest and most extravagant palace complex ever built. For five centuries, it was the power center of imperial China and survived wars, revolution, fires, and earthquakes. How did the Ming Emperor’s workforce construct its sprawling array of nearly 1,000 buildings and dozens of temples in a little over a decade?