Rome Wasn't Built in a Day (TV series)

Rome Wasn't Built in a Day is a television series first shown on Channel 4 in the UK in 2011.

The series, narrated by Stephen Mangan, shows the day-to-day activities and tribulations of a team of present-day builders employed to construct a Roman villa at Wroxeter (Viroconium Cornoviorum) using authentic ancient techniques.

The team consisted of foreman Jim Blackham, plasterer Timothy Dalton-Dobson, plumber Kevin Fail, carpenter Fred Farray, bricklayer Darren Prince and labourer Ben Gotsell.

They were assisted by a team of local volunteers and occasionally by skilled craftsmen, and supervised by archaeologist Professor Dai Morgan Evans, who designed the villa on behalf of English Heritage.

[5] However, by the end of the year, it was reported that it needed maintenance work to repair frost damage[6] It is now referred to by English Heritage as a "town house" rather than a "villa".