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4 Episodes 2018 - 2018
Episode 1
60 mins
Phil has to mind the lions as he starts the second series surveying the lavish interiors and elaborate gardens at Longleat. He also hears tales of lovesick ghosts.
Episode 2
Belvoir (mispronounced Beaver) in Leicestershire is the Manners family's home and the seat of the Dukes of Rutland. In 1799, the 5th Duke and his ambitious wife, Lady Elizabeth Howard, turned it into their own personal fairy tale castle.
Episode 3
Houghton Hall is the residence of the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley. However, this grandiose country house in Norfolk was originally built, in 1722, for Sir Robert Walpole, the controversial first Prime Minister of Britain.
Episode 4
Phil visits Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, 60 miles (100 kms) NW of London. It was built between 1705 and 1722 as a gift from Queen Anne for the military win over the French at Blenheim, France. The long library is 180 ft long and holds 10,000 books, the palace has 1000 windows, it sits on 2424 acres of parkland. The front courtyard is 2520 sq metres. The palace was built for a military commander and Sir Winston Churchill was born there. It is the only stately home in Britain that has Unesco World Heritage status. Lady Henrietta Spencer Churchill conducts the tour of her home. The cost of the property at today's worth is £7.5 billion. .