Secrets of the Manor House

Secrets of the Manor House (2012)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • First Air Date: 2012-01-22
  • Last Air Date: 2013-07-14
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 5
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 45 min.
  • Production Company: Pioneer Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Networks: PBS
  • Director: Sam Taplin

Summary

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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Secrets of the Manor House Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 2012-01-22
5 Episodes

Secrets of the Manor House Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1Secrets of the Manor House60 min
Season 1Episode 2Secrets of Highclere Castle60 min
Season 1Episode 3Secrets of Henry VIII's Palace (Hampton Court)60 min
Season 1Episode 4Secrets of Althorp - The Spencers60 min
Season 1Episode 5Secrets of Chatsworth60 min
  • Samuel West

    as Self - Narrator
Directing Sam Taplin Director