Countrywise: The Real Downton Abbey Part 1

In a one-hour special, Paul Heiney and the Countrywise team - including historian Bettany Hughes, botanist Rachel de Thame and chef Mike Robinson - visit Highclere Castle in Hampshire, the setting for the hit period drama. They reveal its fascinating history as well as revealing the real life stories from both upstairs and downstairs. They also take a trip around the magnificent surrounding landscape and unearth the link between Highclere Castle, and the world's most famous Egyptian pharaoh.

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• real downton abbey
• countrywise
• highclere castle
• history
• documentary

[Maria29493]

can you try uploading part 3 again?

[Maria29493]

Looks like an awesome place to spend a weekend, but I would be afraid to live there the place has got be haunted.

[altheamn]

00:06 bridge from harry potter

[AthenaAmbrosia]

@littleladytomboy Ummm, I think they do indeed seem a bit stupid.

[AthenaAmbrosia]

Absolutely lovely estate!

[suzannesadiiqa]

Maybe I have watched too much Downton but the present incumbents seem much too 'infra dig'.

[RiannaRichards]

OMG - this is a beautiful estate. Thanks so much for sharing this video with us.

[littleladytomboy]

Do the owners of Highclere seem stupid to anyone else or is it just me? could be my jealousy though cause their house is SO AMAZING!!!!!!

[LaserBeam002]

Bettany is really packing on the weight isn't she? Too bad. She used to be sexy as hell.

[LaserBeam002]

I love anything with Bettany Hughes as the presenter. Do you have the documentary "The Roman Invasion of Britain" with Bettany??? I can only find the Intro.