Mr George 's Lake
Windermere town was virtually created by George Pattison 's ancestors. Generations of his family building firm have styled and shaped a picture postcard community since this once isolated corner of Britain was opened up by the railways.
Today, MR GEORGE - as he's known - admits that he lives 100 years out of his time, preferring to model his life-style on the grace and elegance of the Victorian Golden Age on Windermere. Typical is his devotion to the steam launches he has salvaged from the lake bed-launches which once carried the new gentry, the industrial barons and their ladies about the lake.
Executive producer JENNIFER JEREMY Director PETER HERCOMBE BBC Birmingham