Secrets of the Manor House(2012)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2012-01-22
Average Runtime: 45m
Rating: 0.0
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Seasons: 1
Episodes: 5
Exactly 100 years ago, the world of the British manor house was at its height. It was a life of luxury and indolence for a wealthy few supported by the labor of hundreds of servants toiling ceaselessly "below stairs" to make the lives of their lords and ladies run as smoothly as possible. It is a world that has provided a majestic backdrop to a range of movies and popular costume dramas to this day, including PBS' "Downton Abbey." But what was really going on behind these stately walls? "Secrets of the Manor House" looks beyond the fiction to the truth of what life was like in these British houses of yesteryear. They were communities where two separate worlds existed side by side: the poor worked as domestic servants, while the nation’s wealthiest families enjoyed a lifestyle of luxury, and aristocrats ruled over their servants as they had done for a thousand years.
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Season 1
Episodes: 5E01
Secrets of the Manor House
Air Date: 2012-01-22
The early years of the twentieth century rank among the most peaceful in European history. In Britain's grand homes i...
E02
Highclere Castle
Air Date: 2013-01-06
Step inside one of Britain's best-known manor houses. It may be more famous now than any time in its 1,300-year histo...
E03
Henry VIII's Palace, Hampton Court
Air Date: 2013-06-30
Step inside the historic Hampton Court. Hampton Court is the ultimate royal pleasure palace, embodying an indulgent a...
E04
Althorp, The Spencers
Air Date: 2013-07-07
Step inside the family home of Diana, Princess of Wales. Nestled on over 14,000 acres of English countryside is Altho...
E05
Chatsworth
Air Date: 2013-07-14
Step inside the home of the Dukes of Devonshire. On an estate the size of Washington, DC sits Chatsworth, home to the...
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