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Sounds,03 Oct 2025,41 mins,
Missing Fish and Fatal Feasts: Ritual and Ruin at the Sun King’s Table
Cautionary Tales with Tim HarfordContains some violent scenes and some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.
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In the gilded court of Louis XIV, 17th Century France, manners are everything. Where to sit, how to eat, what to wear - any misstep is costly. No one knows this better than François Vatel, the greatest party planner in all of France. Tonight, Vatel must deliver the ultimate banquet, a chance for his master to rise through the ranks and win the king's favour. But where there is opportunity there is danger, and even one mistake could prove deadly.
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