Secret Knowledge — Season 1, Episode 1: The Kimbolton Cabinet

Episode synopsis

Granted privileged access to the Victoria and Albert Museum after hours, John Bly seeks out the Kimbolton Cabinet, an exquisite piece of 18th-century English furniture that promises to reveal much about not only our nation's craft heritage but also his very own childhood.

About Secret Knowledge

In a series of authored films, some of our most engaging experts reveal their favourite hidden objects, forgotten places and artistic passions.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2The Art of the Vikings
• E3Bolsover Castle
• E4Walter Scott’s Castle
• E5Stradivarius and Me
• E7The Art of Witchcraft
• E8The Hidden Jewels of the Cheapside Hoard
• E9Tracey Emin on Louise Bourgeois - Women Without Secrets
• E10Castiglione - Rogue Genius of the Baroque
• E11Hogarth - One Man and His Pug
• E12The Russian Revolutionary: Zaha Hadid on Kazimir Malevich
• E13The Living Mountain: A Cairngorms Journey
• E14In Search of Rory McEwen