Jeremy Musson visits Holkham Hall in Norfolk, and claims that although Palladio was its inspiration, Britain gave Holkham's architectural style to the world. Show more

Jeremy Musson visits grand houses. He travels to Ninfa, Italy's medieval Pompeii, and discovers that British ideas have moulded its current form. Show more

Jeremy Musson visits Vann, the Surrey home of an architectural dynasty. He is entertained by the current generation of Caroes, but has to overcome an attack of vertigo. Show more

Jeremy Musson visits Hampden Great House in Jamaica, a Georgian landed estate that has been owned by the same family for the last 150 years. Show more

Jeremy Musson visits Renishaw Hall, home of the arty, eccentric Sitwell family, whose fortunes soared in the 19th century when coal was found on the estate. Show more

Jeremy Musson visits Kenyan colonial house Hippo Point - every bit the Tudor manor house, except for the giraffes and zebras strolling past the garden fence.

Jeremy Musson visits the LIanelli home of the Mansel Lewis family. He goes back to Victorian times to explore a house built at the height of the Industrial Revolution. Show more

Jeremy Musson visits Provender, a small piece of Russia in England. Owner Princess Olga Romanoff tells him about plans to restore one of the most historic houses in Kent. Show more

The supposedly haunted Chillingham Castle in Northumberland, home of Sir Humphry Wakefield, hosts an old-fashioned weekend party.

Lady Victoria Leatham, resident of Burghley House in Lincolnshire, invites Jeremy Musson to spend a weekend exploring her family home's long and rich history. Show more

Jeremy Musson visits the quintessentially English manor of Chavenage House in the Cotswolds, and gets involved in the working life of the estate.

Jeremy Musson visits Bellamont in the Dorset countryside, whose Gothic arches and castellations are not quite what they seem.

Jeremy Musson meets a disco-dancing baronet at Castle Leslie in County Monaghan, Ireland, where Paul McCartney and Heather Mills tied the knot in 2002.

Flower-arranging and a stint in the kitchen garden are on the agenda as Jeremy Musson visits Bryngwyn, a magnificent Grade II-listed house in Powys, Wales. Show more