
Secrets of the Forbidden City
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?
Top Billed Cast

Peter Guinness
Narrator
Featured Crew
Ian Bremner
Director
Han Zhang
Production Office Assistant
Wang Yuanyuan
Executive Producer
Shahana Meer
Production Director
Li Shuo
Sound
Xu Wanlee
Camera Operator
Tony Mewse
Camera Operator
Ian Bremner
Producer
Qiao Xin
Sound
Roger Guertin
Editor

Bill Locke
Executive Producer
Zhou Junwen
Associate Producer