Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith

Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith

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Overview

From cafes to craft fairs, glamping to ghosts, join Dame Penelope Keith as she meets the owners of Britain’s historic country houses struggling to keep their homes intact. Featured properties include Ashby Manor in Northamptonshire, Chillingham Castle in Northumberland, and Mapperton House in Dorset. As these estates turn to innovative ventures to stay afloat, Keith offers insight into the challenges of maintaining these grand homes in 2025. Will their creative solutions be enough to save their history?

Episodes

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The Savoy
A History of Celtic Britain
Digging for Britain
Mary at 90: A Lifetime of Cooking
Wild Isles
Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings
My Grandparents' War
From City to City
All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train
Seeing Canada
How We Got to Now
Diana's Decades
Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
The Stuarts
Spying on the Royals
Make Your Mark
Stephen Hawking's Science of the Future
Seven Ages of Britain
FRONTRUNNERS
Inside Hampton Court Palace