In the first of a new four-part series challenging our set ideas about families of the past, Sarah Dunant explores the life of a 17th-century gentlewoman through her memoirs.
The Curious Life of Lady Grace Mildmay. She entertained King James I and married one of Queen Elizabeth's key diplomats. Professor Linda Pollack and Anthony Wells Cole visit
Mildmay's magnificent house to find out the truth about her curious family life. Producer Lyn Webster Wilde