Britain’s Greatest National TreasuresITV★★★☆☆Catch-22Channel 4★★★★☆Britain’s Greatest National Treasures took 90 minutes to reveal that the winner of our Top 20 destinations from a poll conducted by YouGov was — ta-da — Stonehenge. A slight surprise, I imagine, for those who for years have seen Stonehenge topping other polls entitled “Britain’s most overrated tourist spots”, where it’s accused of being too small, too boring and, boohoo, “you can’t touch the stones”. But I love Stonehenge and was delighted it won, especially because it battered into 19th place blousy Buckingham Palace, which I imagine hugged its bosom, fishwife-style, and bridled: “Me? Humiliated by some plebby old rocks?”Stonehenge topped the national treasures poll — quite right too GETTY IMAGESAnyway Trevor McDonald fronted the show (being another “national treasure” ) along with the affable Julia Bradbury and it…

Source: The Times July 18, 2019 23:04 UTC