Inside the ruins of Lowther Castle in the Lake District lies an extraordinary story of aristocracy, war and destruction. After returning from World War Two, a traumatised Earl deliberately dismantled his own family’s 172 million pound castle and left it to crumble. Great British Castle Rescue follows Rick Edwards as he ventures inside some of the UK’s most spectacular and endangered castles. From crumbling medieval towers to collapsing royal chambers, engineers and historians battle to stabilise these epic structures with help from National Lottery funding. Each rescue unlocks extraordinary stories of warrior kings, civil wars, brutal betrayals and forgotten lives. Across each episode, Rick meets heritage experts, engineers and stonemasons racing to save these buildings.