Great House Wives
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Synopsis
Spending their days hoovering the stately home is an unlikely pastime for women who marry into the aristocracy. But wedding nobility does not guarantee a cosseted life. In Great House Wives, we meet three women whose husbands are not wealthy enough to sustain the costly estates which come with their titles. It is unlikely they will ever enjoy the pastoral idleness of their predecessors, but, instead of selling off the ancestral pile, they have rolled up their sleeves and accepted the task of organising and funding their upkeep. As Cutting Edge reveals, the job has transformed the two Ladies Cobbold and Montagu and the Countess of Shrewsbury into shrewd, hard-working businesswomen with their feet planted firmly on the ground.
Spending their days hoovering the stately home is an unlikely pastime for women who marry into the aristocracy. But wedding nobility does not guarantee a cosseted life. In Great House Wives, we meet three women whose husbands are not wealthy enough to sustain the costly estates which come with their titles. It is unlikely they will ever enjoy the pastoral idleness of their predecessors, but, instead of selling off the ancestral pile, they have rolled up their sleeves and accepted the task of organising and funding their upkeep. As Cutting Edge reveals, the job has transformed the two Ladies Cobbold and Montagu and the Countess of Shrewsbury into shrewd, hard-working businesswomen with their feet planted firmly on the ground.
Duration
1 x 52'
Definition
SD
Genre
Factual
Subgenre
Lifestyle
Producer
CATHERINE BAILEY LTD