Manor House (Edwardian Country House) - Episode 3/6

Episode 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UWxs1pk6js

Follow a team of volunteers and a modern family who turn back the clock to recreate life as it was for the upper classes and their servants in a country house in 1910.
This series was was first aired in the UK as The Edwardian Country House
in April, 2002 and was later broadcast in the U.S. on various PBS stations in 2003 as Manor House.

Season 1, Episode 3 -- Aired: 4/29/2003

The Servants Revolt

In this episode, the staff crisis comes to a head and they demand better working conditions. Preparations begin for the upcoming charity bazaar on the grounds of Manderston. The participants' families are invited, and there are happy, tearful reunions.

Watch the FULL SERIES: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=2C32F83926E09F3B

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Entertainment

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• Manor
• House
• PBS
• Edwardian
• Country
• historical
• reality
• show
• Britain
• Manderston
• aristocrats
• Servants
• Butler
• Scullery
• maid
• Mini-series

[OlliffCooperGuy]

@mezziemez This is Guy Olliff-Cooper. My father is not a "pompous arse". I would appreciate it if you would refrain from insulting a member of my family on the internet when you have absolutely no knowledge of the man you are referring to. I can assure you that, outside of this environment, my father is a kind, generous, caring man. His character in this series is the result of a genuine effort to stick to the aim of the project; to experience life as the Edwardians would have.

[BrounClan]

No pioneering spirit amongst the lower servants. My mother and grandmother cooked without electricity catering for over the family and 100 shearers per day, breakfast, morning tea, dinner, afternoon tea and supper. Separating milk, making butter, I think it's hilarious that they're so soft, especially when they signed up for the task in the first place. What did they think staff did in the Edwardian Era?

[DRush76]

Because it turned out to be a lot more horrible than they thought. Duh!

[DRush76]

Why would viewers expect the participants to easily adjust to being a servant during the Edwardian age, especially since it was so back breaking?

[jackie072389]

@OlliffCooperGuy People can not control their tongues . From what I have seen so far I can tell your father is aa kind an caring man .Fathers have a way about themselfs as any father would. People do not realize that some things cause people to act certain ways.

[BrianRIngram]

Antonia should have gotten out of writing that letter to Sir J by claiming that, in the interests of authentically representing the kitchen maids of the period, she is illiterate :)

[BrianRIngram]

I'm not sure what point- besides being entertaining - they're trying to make with this series. It seems so polarizing. The upstairs people are enchanted with this lifestyle which certainly doesn't seem to work for the scullery maids. Is audience supposed to look back with fond nostalgia or horror? Is it a trick of the editing that nobody (except the chef and a few of the mid-level people) comes off sympathetically? Jacobi's narration seems to be slyly mocking everyone involved.

[sult78]

go on strike !!!.. tell them to do it them selfs.. go on .. do one !!!

[bumcheeks101]

I dont really understand. Surely if you wanna see your family just leave the programme and fucking go home lol it doesnt make any sense.

[blondemobile]

The ladies maid is just like on Downton Abbey, tattling on the lower servants and causing discord!

[frant1a]

Man, there's not a lot of love for the servants here, is there? It doesn't matter if they knew what they were getting into before they did the show or not; the fact is they're working 15+ hours a day, seven days a week, doing loathsome chores for very little in return. Nobody raised in a modern first world country could be expected to thrive living the life of a servant.

There's a difference between being intellectually aware of an impending workload and being -ready- for it.

[MsScarlett62]

In fact, the servants are making me so mad, I can't watch this programme anymore, which is really sad. I love the Edwardian era and I would have loved to have been given the opportunity to work in this house. :-(