Find out what went on behind the stately walls of the British manor house a century ago.
Writing
Samuel West's deliciously dry narration
Production
Glorious archival footage and envy-inducing estates
Director
Susannah Ward
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Samuel West's own family history includes servants AND gentry, giving his narration delicious personal irony.
This doc directly inspired Downton Abbey's creator Julian Fellowes, who borrowed its specific upstairs-downstairs dynamics wholesale.
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