One of the Family
In the last 100 years some 2,000 of our stately homes have disappeared together with the armies of servants that once maintained them. But the world of Upstairs, Downstairs still lingers on in some of our remaining great houses where it can take a silver steward 18 months to clean all the 1,000 silver pieces and a gamekeeper works all year to provide a few days' shooting. Jeanne la Chard looks at life behind the green baize door and talks to men and women who are proud to be servants, as well as some dukes and duchesses who employ them.
Producer rutii JACKSON