Chatsworth House: A Great British Year

TV Show · Documentary

Filmed throughout the pandemic in 2020, this series provides unprecedented access to the stately home and its surrounding land. Chatsworth House belongs to all Dukes of Devonshire since 1549 and has faced one of the most challenging years in its history. This insight offers some escapism for the nation as it basks in the glory of the estate along with learning what and who it takes to run one of the nation's favourite stately homes and equally how it must adjust without its many visitors.

2021 · 49m

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    As Chatsworth prepares to open after the winter 2019 hibernation, the coronavirus pandemic hits. The team race to make the visitor routes Covid-secure.
    49 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    As Chatsworth navigates the lockdown, the estate community rallies. And as summer approaches, the team get ready to safely reopen for visitors.
    49 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    It is high summer and the estate adjusts to `the new normal', whilst the team deal with a water shortage and an invasion of crayfish and blackbirds.
    49 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Episode 4
    As the Collections team pack up rarely seen drawings, the Events team hope a riverside tipi will persuade couples to say `I do' at Chatsworth.
    48 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Episode 5
    As winter arrives and 2020 draws to a close, the team look to the future, and the Duke and Duchess review the newly restored Sixth Duke's Handbook.
    49 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Episode 6
    Winter looks ahead as legacy, wildlife and renewal shape Chatsworth's future.
    46 min

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Cast & Crew

  • S‌C
    Susan Crook
    Producer
  • C‌C
    Charlie Clay
    Producer
  • W‌S
    Will Smith
    Producer

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Chatsworth House: A Great British Year

Documentary

Filmed throughout the pandemic in 2020, this series provides unprecedented access to the stately home and its surrounding land. Chatsworth House belongs to all Dukes of Devonshire since 1549 and has faced one of the most challenging years in its history. This insight offers some escapism for the nation as it basks in the glory of the estate along with learning what and who it takes to run one of the nation's favourite stately homes and equally how it must adjust without its many visitors.

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