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Phil Spencer's Stately Homes

In Kent, Phil visits the 900-year-old Leeds Castle, known as the 'Lady's Castle', and discovers there's more to this mysterious, history-laden fort than he ever imagined. (S3 Ep4/4)

August 2020
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Phil visits Hampton Court Palace, finding out how it was built and how much it cost, getting lost in some of its 1300 rooms, and visiting a toilet that can seat 30 people together. (S3 Ep2)
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Phil Spencer visits the palatial Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, in all its gilded glory, and lends a hand with one of several ground-breaking garden features. (S3 Ep1)
May 2020
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Phil explores the magnificent Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire and learns about its 18th-century builders, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, and his wife Sarah. (S2 Ep4/4)
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Phil visits Houghton Hall in Norfolk, built by Britain's first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. He discovers jaw-dropping bedrooms and a 17-foot silver-embroidered bed. (S2 Ep3/4)
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Phil heads to the beautiful Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire, where he tries some medieval pest control and finds evidence of an aristocratic sex scandal and a lost railway. (S2 Ep2/4)
April 2020
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Phil returns for a grand tour of Britain's magnificent stately homes. At Longleat House, Wiltshire, he surveys the most lavish gardening ever and meets the king of the jungle. (S2 Ep1/4)
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Phil visits the vast estate of Goodwood House in West Sussex, where every acre is dedicated to entertainment - from horses and cricket to parties and fast cars. (S1 Ep6/6)
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Phil Spencer travels to Hopetoun House, in the spectacular Scottish Lowlands, where he uncovers the extraordinary history of the lavish house and its vast estate. (S1 Ep5/6)
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Phil visits magnificent Holkham Hall, an 18th-century Palladian mansion in north Norfolk, to reveal the mind-boggling amounts of materials, labour and money it took to construct. (S1 Ep4/6)
March 2020
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Phil visits Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, home to the Dukes of Bedford for nearly 400 years, with its magical shell grotto, sumptuous state rooms and 3000-acre deer park. (S1 Ep3/6)
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Phil visits one of Britain's most celebrated stately homes: Castle Howard in Yorkshire. It's the setting for TV's Brideshead Revisited and Phil gets an extensive guided tour. (S1 Ep2/6)
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Phil shares his passion for Britain's magnificent stately homes. First up is Burghley House, a masterpiece of Elizabethan architecture set in 1400 acres of Lincolnshire parkland. (S1 Ep1/6)
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Brand new series: Phil visits Harewood House, built in 1759 by a stately home dream team, where he finds out how much the masterful collaboration cost. (S3 Ep3/4)
February 2020
Phil travels north of the border to Hopetoun House in the spectacular Scottish Lowlands, where he uncovers the extraordinary history of the lavish house and the vast estate
January 2020
Phil visits the vast estate of Goodwood House in West Sussex, where every acre is dedicated to entertainment - from horses, to cricket, to parties and fast cars
Phil visits the magnificent Holkham Hall, an 18th-century Palladian mansion in north Norfolk to reveal the mind-boggling amounts of materials, labour and money it took to construct
Phil visits Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, ancestral home of the Dukes of Bedford for nearly 400 years, with its magical shell grotto, sumptuous state rooms and 3000 acre deer park
Phil visits a masterpiece of Elizabethan architecture set in 1400 acres of Lincolnshire parkland, from its Heaven room and Hell staircase, to its extravagant antiques and gardens
Phil visits one of the most celebrated stately homes in Britain: Castle Howard in Yorkshire. It's the setting for TV's Brideshead Revisited and Phil is given an extensive guided tour.
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