Rent Secrets of the Manor House: Series (2013)
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- Synopsis:
The real upstairs/downstairs stories of four of Britain's most majestic stately homes.
Secrets of Highclere Castle
It may be more famous now than any time in its 300-year history as the setting of Downton Abbey, but Highclere Castle has its own stories to tell. Discover how the inhabitants of Highclere lived, from the aristocrats who enjoyed a life of luxury to the army of servants toiling 'below stairs'.
Secrets of Henry VIII's PalaceBuilt by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in 1514, Hampton Court is the ultimate royal pleasure palace embodying an indulgent and grandiose lifestyle. Its many rooms chart Henry VIII's decline from fit young warrior to bloated womaniser, and they tell the vivid stories of the ladies who became his queens.
Secrets of Althorp - The Spencers
Step inside the family home of Diana, Princess of Wales. Nestled on over 14,000 acres, nineteen generations of Spencers, one of the most eminent aristocratic dynasties in Britain, have inhabited Althorp for over 500 years. Earl Spencer leads a personal tour around this noble manor that is to him, above all, still very much a family home.
Secrets of Chatsworth
Step inside the home of the Dukes of Devonshire. The tales of intrigue, tragedy, and scandal of this great family are inextricably intertwined with those of the house itself, from the decadent life of the shockingly glamorous Duchess Georgiana, to the tumultuous love story between JFK's favourite sister Kathleen Kennedy and heir Billy Cavendish.- Actors:
- Elisabeth Kehoe, Geoffrey Dymond, Mary Gledhill, Julie Herbert, Matthew Hughes, Lawrence James, John Norman Ide Leslie, Tarka Leslie-King, Loraine McMurrey, Adrian Palmer, Lady Palmer, Sarah Richardson, Kate Taylor, Gavin Weightman, Jay Winter, Tracy Borman, Paul Brooke-Taylor, Fiona Herbert 8th Countess of Carnarvon, Peregrine Cavendish, Siobhan Clarke
- Directors:
- Susannah Ward, Vicky Matthews, Sam Taplin, Kasia Uscinska
- Producers:
- Robert Strange, Susannah Ward, Vicky Matthews, Sam Taplin
- Narrated By:
- Samuel West
- Studio:
- PBS
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest
