with Peter Purves
A series of four dramatised documentaries which recreate history in the places where it was made. 2: The Duke of Wellington at Stratfield Saye
' After all, home, you know, is what we must look to in the end.'
Until after the Battle of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington had never owned a settled home of his own, and when the grateful country gave him E600,000 to buy a country house, he chose Stratfield Saye, 30 miles from London. He put in central heating and water closets; and Copenhagen, the horse he had ridden at Waterloo, was installed in the stables.
Produced by EDWARD BARNES
Directed by HUGH DAVID
(An exhibition of the costumes from this programme is at Stratfield Saye, Reading)