Treasure Houses of Britain

On this episode we explore the Cecils of Burghley; collectors on a grand scale, the rooms they designed to entertain a queen who never came, and how to keep alive England's greatest Elizabethan house.

This time on Treasure Houses of Britain we cover Chatsworth; homes of the dukes of Devonshire. Ancestors by the score, the new duke arranges his family tree, and the greatest garden in Darbyshire.

On this episode; what they did for the man who won The Battle of Blenheim, a house fit for a national hero, and memories of Winston Churchill for who's ancestors Blenheim Palace was built 300 years ago.

Holkham Hall, home of the Earls of Lester, a paladin mansion in the North North of countryside, and the marble hall modeled on the temples of Rome.

Boughten; the house they call the English Versailles. A jewel box in the English Countryside, and collections from yesterday, and today.