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Greenlit: All Change at Longleat, BBC1

All Change at Longleat (3 x 60′) –  This series sees a new couple take over one of the country’s most extraordinary aristocratic estates. As the ever-flamboyant owner, Lord Bath, winds down his involvement, his eldest son has moved in downstairs, along with his new wife, Emma, who will be Britain’s first black marchioness.

Built in 1580, the stately home of Longleat has been in the same aristocratic family for 14 generations. In the 1960s, Lord Bath’s father opened the first safari park outside of Africa after it became increasingly difficult to afford the upkeep of Longleat. He installed a menagerie of wild animals in the gardens, including lions, hippos and chimpanzees. Today, a host of exotic animals continue to prowl the grounds.

This national treasure is now theirs to enjoy. But challenges lie ahead, as Lord and Lady Bath take on a staff of hundreds, two villages and a safari park, along with the enormous but fragile Elizabethan stately home filled with priceless antiquities. As they try to adjust to their new responsibilities, some of their decisions aren’t welcomed by everyone…

This series is an intimate upstairs-downstairs portrait of an aristocratic family at a time of transition, and the colourful characters that work for and serve them.

Channel: BBC1

Producer: Shine TV

TX: TBC

Source: BBC press release