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Up to its original colour. one of the most striking things you notice is the colour of the clock faces. for many years, the minute demarcations, the numbers and the clock hands were painted black. but during the refurbishment, as many layers of paint were stripped away, it became clear that they were originally this shade of blue — it's called prussian blue — and that is what they've been repainted in. this restoration project was originally budgeted at £29 million. the total bill is now set to exceed 80 million. as you peel off the layers of this building, you find more and more that nee...

The great clock of westminster — that activates the hammer, which strikes the great bell — or big ben, as it's known. we filmed the clock before it was taken off site for restoration. it should be reinstalled soon. and five years ago, we also saw why restoration was necessary. this elevation, the water ingress is actually coming into this clock face. and as you can see, it's actually affecting and rusting away the ironwork. this is in so much better condition than it was four or five years ago, isn't it? it's all been taken back to the bare frame. any damage that was done to it, it's now b...