Secrets of the Manor House
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Secrets of the Manor House

7.7 / 10 | United Kingdom
2012 | Documentary
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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Cast List (23)

Susannah Ward
Susannah Ward
Director
Vicky Matthews
Vicky Matthews
Director
Sam Taplin
Sam Taplin
Director
Kasia Uscinska
Kasia Uscinska
Director
Samuel West
Samuel West
Narrator
Lawrence James
Lawrence James
Self - Author
Adrian Palmer
Adrian Palmer
Self - Manderston House
Julie Herbert
Julie Herbert
Self
Matthew Hughes
Matthew Hughes
Self - Brunel University
Lucy Worsley
Lucy Worsley
Self - Chief Curator, Historic Royal Palaces
Suzannah Lipscomb
Suzannah Lipscomb
Self - Author and Historian
Elisabeth Kehoe
Elisabeth Kehoe
Self - Author
Elisabeth Kehoe
Elisabeth Kehoe
Self - Author 'The Titled Americans'
Lady Palmer
Lady Palmer
Self - Manderston House
Jay Winter
Jay Winter
Self - Yale University
Gavin Weightman
Gavin Weightman
Self - Author
Geoffrey Dymond
Geoffrey Dymond
Self - Butler Manderston House
Tarka Leslie-King
Tarka Leslie-King
Self
Sarah Richardson
Sarah Richardson
Self - University of Warwick
John Norman Ide Leslie
John Norman Ide Leslie
Self - 4th Baronet
Loraine McMurrey
Loraine McMurrey
Self
Mary Gledhill
Mary Gledhill
Self
Kate Taylor
Kate Taylor
Self

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