0:00:03 > 0:00:05Chatsworth, Palace of the Peaks.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08300 rooms, 35,000 acres,
0:00:10 > 0:00:1462 farms and three villages.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Living here, we tend to forget how big it is
0:00:17 > 0:00:20and it seems strange that it should just be for one couple.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23For more than four and a half centuries,
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Chatsworth has been owned by one family.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28We've got a Duke and we've got a Duke's son
0:00:28 > 0:00:32and a Duke's grandson so we've got the next two lined up.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36A line now led by the 12th Duke of Devonshire
0:00:36 > 0:00:38and his wife, the Duchess.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42It's just amazing. What a fantastic view!
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Chatsworth isn't just a costume drama.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48I am single. I don't know whether she is, though.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51To many of the people that work there, it's home.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Thank you.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55It's a wonder they don't get the plague!
0:00:55 > 0:00:57This is a priority job for the day.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00That's what I like, the glamour of it.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02But times are changing.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- It's charming, isn't it? - It really is.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06It's such a charming little cottage.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08It was lived in by a tenant
0:01:08 > 0:01:11and now we've decided it's going to become a holiday cottage.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15I wouldn't mind a place like that myself, to be brutally honest.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18And a veil hanging over everyone is about to be lifted.
0:01:18 > 0:01:2218th-century bling, it's just the best thing.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25It's a dream come true for us. It really is, isn't it?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Welcome to a year in the life of Chatsworth.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Chatsworth in summer.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42For the entire season, the south and west wings of the House
0:01:42 > 0:01:45have been covered in scaffolding.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Part of the Duke's master plan,
0:01:48 > 0:01:50it's a £14 million facelift
0:01:50 > 0:01:53to restore Chatsworth to its original glory.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58This house was built to show off.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00When the first Duke rebuilt it,
0:02:00 > 0:02:02he was determined that everybody should know
0:02:02 > 0:02:05that he was very important, very successful, very powerful.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08So he built what was then a modern house
0:02:08 > 0:02:10and it's a palace fit for a king to visit.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Let me take the weight.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17It will come down towards you.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20The scaffolding is good news. It means something positive is happening.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23I find the project really exciting.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26If we don't do anything else, the fact that whilst we've been living here,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28the stone's been cleaned and restored and repaired.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31It'll look pretty much what it looked like
0:02:31 > 0:02:34when it was finished building in 1704.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36I can't wait.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41With over 37 miles of scaffolding,
0:02:41 > 0:02:45stone from the same quarry on the estate used to build the original
0:02:48 > 0:02:54and employing 259 people, it's a massive project.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57So that's all brand new.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01That, that is a huge improvement, isn't it?
0:03:01 > 0:03:07- Yeah.- This, this is really exciting, to see that done.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09We were really quite nervous
0:03:09 > 0:03:11about the reaction of people to the scaffolding
0:03:11 > 0:03:14but I think the way we played it was,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16"It doesn't look great from the outside but come in
0:03:16 > 0:03:19"and we'll explain what's going on and why it's going
0:03:19 > 0:03:21"to disappear for a year."
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Living with scaffolding is not great but it's worth it.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28But not everyone agrees.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30"We have just been to your beautiful house
0:03:30 > 0:03:33"but we're disappointed the scaffolding was up.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35"It was a birthday gift for my sister
0:03:35 > 0:03:38"and we travelled four hours to get there." That is such a shame.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40This lady says the loss of the view from the lake
0:03:40 > 0:03:43due to the scaffolding was really disappointing.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47This is somebody from Holland who says they were very disappointed
0:03:47 > 0:03:49because the house was so dark.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Oh, dear.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54I don't like it when people make adverse comments about Chatsworth.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55I do take it personally.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00You can really understand where they're coming from at the moment.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03And it's not just the visitors who have a problem with the scaffolding.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07For the past five years,
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Chatsworth has been hosting weddings in the old stables.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16One of the key selling features is the view of the famous south facade.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Classic wedding shot for all our brides
0:04:21 > 0:04:23who absolutely love this beautiful image.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Looking down on that spectacular view.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31You know, it is a pretty amazing piece of scaffolding
0:04:31 > 0:04:34so to lots of people and to some of us,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36it was quite a bit of a shock
0:04:36 > 0:04:40of how dramatic it was but it has to happen.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42You have to just work around that.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48Which means working around it with bride-to-be Helen and groom, Gavin.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Lovely. 76, day.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55It's the creme de la creme of the Peak District, isn't it?
0:04:55 > 0:04:58It's got everything. It's beautiful.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Looking at it at the moment, it's not the best.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03However, we were told there was going to be scaffolding up.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07It is such a shame but we are not going to cancel it, are we?
0:05:08 > 0:05:12- Just something what we are going to have to put up with.- Yeah.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16So this is an image of the south front.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19This is a shot that the bride and groom love to see.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Obviously, at the minute it is covered in scaffolding.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25What we can do with this is take the shot and then Photoshop,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28superimpose them back onto an image without scaffolding
0:05:28 > 0:05:30and it's as if the scaffolding wasn't there.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33So this is the one of those Photoshop moments.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37As you can see, no scaffolding in sight.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39It's a beautiful shot.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Busy all year round, Chatsworth's Farm Shop prides itself
0:05:45 > 0:05:50on stocking fine British produce.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Always on the lookout for new bestsellers is shop manager, Andre.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59The Farm Shop has been my life, really, for so long.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01I haven't done many other jobs.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04If I had to write my CV it would be everything Chatsworth.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08I'm very proud of that, very proud of that.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Andre is fantastic.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14He is great fun to work with, he's marvellous
0:06:14 > 0:06:16and runs the farm shop
0:06:16 > 0:06:20with great enthusiasm and he's always looking for different things.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25I've been working on a new product for the farm shop and we've
0:06:25 > 0:06:27got a beer with Andre's face on it
0:06:27 > 0:06:29and it's Andre's Special Ale.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31It's locally produced, which is even better
0:06:31 > 0:06:34and because he's become a bit of a local hero,
0:06:34 > 0:06:36we thought that we'd do a little surprise for him
0:06:36 > 0:06:40and I'm off to the farm shop to show it to him. First time he'll see it.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Viviana. How are you?
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- I'm good, Thank you. - What do I owe this honour?
0:06:46 > 0:06:52- Now, I've found the most unique product for the farm shop.- Have you?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Nowhere else will be stocking this line.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- Are you being real?- Yes. I've got a whole...
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- It's horrendous!- It's perfect!
0:07:07 > 0:07:09I'm never really short of words, am I?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11SHE LAUGHS
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Just let me do a customer. Would he buy this?
0:07:15 > 0:07:17What is it?
0:07:17 > 0:07:22- He would, with it having your name on it!- Would he?- Of course he would.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Yes.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- Is it for sale, Andre?- It is going to be, apparently.- Is it?
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- Would you buy that? - Crikey! Frightening! No.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- THEY LAUGH - No, I wouldn't.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Wherever you put this, I will not be able to walk past it.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38I'll have to have blinkers.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42Blinkers, we'll get you some blinkers, that will be fine.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45But have you not found a better picture?
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- Could you have not airbrushed me? - I think it's very flattering.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52I also think it's the same shape as the label as well, you know.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Oh, my head is?- Yes! So it's perfect!
0:07:57 > 0:08:00I want you to know the beer is better than the picture!
0:08:00 > 0:08:02The beer's fantastic.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07Person on the front is a bit, a bit shady, to me.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10It's embarrassing. I hate to look at it.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15It's always a bit of a shock, though, to just see yourself.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Like hearing your own voice and you think it's somebody else.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25That's going to keep the children away from the alcohol.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28It's actually disguised by some of the better labels
0:08:28 > 0:08:30that are on this display.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35It doesn't jump out so much now.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37I've just found a way to improve it.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41There we are, keep the labels inside.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50There we are, that is not so frightening, now.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03The title "12th Duke of Devonshire"
0:09:03 > 0:09:06brings with it centuries-old obligations.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Well, this is the Chatsworth weather book
0:09:13 > 0:09:15which has been going for years, since the 19th century.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18It records the temperature at 7:30
0:09:18 > 0:09:21and the state of the weather and the wind
0:09:21 > 0:09:24and really the most interesting for me, always, is the rainfall.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Still in inches, I'm afraid to say.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29And it gives the barometric pressure
0:09:29 > 0:09:32and the max min on the thermometer and so on.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35It's done from the weather station on the big lawn
0:09:35 > 0:09:38and the gardeners fill in a slip of paper
0:09:38 > 0:09:41with the recordings for the previous 24 hours.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47And then it gets put into this book every day so you can look at
0:09:47 > 0:09:50every day for the past 60, 80, 100 years
0:09:50 > 0:09:52to see, you know, how much drier it's been.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57On the report we record all the thermometer readings,
0:09:57 > 0:10:01the rainfall reading, wind direction and speed
0:10:01 > 0:10:04and the sunshine levels for the previous day.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07The sunshine is coming through at this side
0:10:07 > 0:10:10and where the sun hits the card, because it is so strong
0:10:10 > 0:10:13through the glass, it burns a hole in the card
0:10:13 > 0:10:16and as the sun moves around as the day progresses,
0:10:16 > 0:10:18more and more of the card will be burnt.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22So this is yesterday's sunshine recording and we can see that
0:10:22 > 0:10:24each block counts as an hour
0:10:24 > 0:10:27so we have to add up how much of the burns are through it.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31We can see there was probably two or so hours of sunshine yesterday.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35It is one of those things that is a pity to stop.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37I don't want to be too stuck on tradition.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40I think some tradition is great
0:10:40 > 0:10:43but I think changing things is also great so you need to keep
0:10:43 > 0:10:47some things the same and some things you need to change and this,
0:10:47 > 0:10:51as far as I'm concerned, is something we should go on with.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54But as a 21st-century Duke,
0:10:54 > 0:10:58he's also keen Chatsworth should face the future.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Amanda and I were determined to make this a place which people
0:11:02 > 0:11:06know if they come to, they'll see the wonderful old collection
0:11:06 > 0:11:10but also, they are likely to find some thrilling new exhibition
0:11:10 > 0:11:14about something which perhaps they haven't encountered before.
0:11:16 > 0:11:21It's a passion the Duke inherited from his father.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24I'd be boasting if I called myself a collector.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26I have bought one or two things.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I had this very good racecourse and she won a lot of money
0:11:28 > 0:11:32and I did spend some of it on buying pictures
0:11:32 > 0:11:34but the 6th Duke made a collection
0:11:34 > 0:11:37and Georgiana, way back in the 18th century, made a collection
0:11:37 > 0:11:40and I have added considerably to that.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44My father and mother also liked contemporary things
0:11:44 > 0:11:47and it was thanks to their enthusiasm we had this
0:11:47 > 0:11:49quite interesting collection,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52a group of family portraits by Lucian Freud.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54And here are the Freuds.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59My wife, my mother, my son, my sister, my other sister and myself.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03I don't know why I had them done.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05I certainly wouldn't have had them done
0:12:05 > 0:12:07if Lucian hadn't have been a friend.
0:12:07 > 0:12:13If you told me that I was having my family painted
0:12:13 > 0:12:16by someone who was going to become really famous,
0:12:16 > 0:12:18I just wouldn't have believed to it.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Mind you, by the time he'd finished, he was getting better known
0:12:21 > 0:12:25but when we started, I don't think anyone had heard of him.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30And the current Duke keeps the collections bang up-to-date.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37And none without controversy.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- It's very realistic.- It's very...
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Macabre, in a way, I think.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46I don't think I do like it, actually.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49It wouldn't be my favourite.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Standing in the chapel, skinned alive,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56it's Damien Hirst's St Bartholomew.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02It's such a shocking sculpture. I was a bit taken aback.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07I thought it was appalling.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13As far as I'm concerned, it's out of place.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15It didn't fit.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20The first impression of it is tough
0:13:20 > 0:13:23because it's a very tough subject.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26He was skinned alive for his Christian faith and martyred
0:13:26 > 0:13:29and became a saint.
0:13:29 > 0:13:36And it's not inappropriate that that should be in a chapel.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36We didn't think too hard about what other people would think,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39which sounds, perhaps it sounds a little bit arrogant,
0:13:39 > 0:13:43but on the other hand, if you are always going to be trying
0:13:43 > 0:13:46to second-guess what other people want,
0:13:46 > 0:13:50with so many people coming here, everyone wants something different.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53I'm very pleased with it.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04If you need something practical doing at Chatsworth,
0:14:04 > 0:14:08chances are you need one of the 17 housemen.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11From helping with the restoration...
0:14:13 > 0:14:16..to changing the bins, it's a one-stop-shop.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23When I came I didn't realise
0:14:23 > 0:14:28how much of it was actually toilets and litter and things.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30I knew Chatsworth was a good place
0:14:30 > 0:14:33to sort of get my foot in the door and hopefully progress
0:14:33 > 0:14:38but I have been here four years now and it's not happening.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41I mean, I've worked in sort of factories
0:14:41 > 0:14:45and on building sites and been stood in your own little area all day.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50But here, this is my office, as it were.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52This is my factory floor.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Thank you.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59So I really enjoy just being outside and in this area.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07And Darren is hoping to one day emulate his supervisor Andy.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11This is sort of a priority job for the day.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15As a supervisor, I don't expect anybody to do something I wouldn't.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20You know, nobody can turn around and say, you wouldn't do it,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23because I have done it all.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27I do like it when there are loads of wasps around as well -
0:15:27 > 0:15:30it always makes it more fun.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Dancing around like Michael Jackson, lovely.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37That is what I like, the glamour of it.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Right, I think we are done in here. Let's go.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54And when the housemen have been, done it and gone,
0:15:54 > 0:15:57here come the housekeepers to clean up after them.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Changing the towels in the men's mess room.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04We do it two or three times a week
0:16:04 > 0:16:09because they have dirty jobs sometimes.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12They wash their hands and then wipe it on the towel.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16They don't rinse them in between.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22Lurking downstairs in the bowels of Chatsworth, the men's mess room.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25There should be a health warning on here!
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Look at the state of the cups and table!
0:16:28 > 0:16:32Because they kept losing the teaspoon,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35we put it on there.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39I don't think it's ever washed.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43It's a wonder they don't get the plague!
0:16:43 > 0:16:47Upstairs, the Duke and Duchess pride themselves
0:16:47 > 0:16:50on running a modern, forward-looking house.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Downstairs, it's privilege and hierarchy.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57This is the hub.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00This is where everything gets discussed.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06Off record, pecking-order down the table,
0:17:07 > 0:17:12as you would probably find at sort of the Duke's table, maybe.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15We've got Trevor. This is Trevor's seat. He is...
0:17:15 > 0:17:19I think it goes on how loud you are.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Trevor, Irishman. This is his seat.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24He's Dad, head of the table.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Four and a half years ago,
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Prince William spent two weeks at Chatsworth
0:17:32 > 0:17:35and while he was here, he spent half a day with the maintenance team.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39He came in for lunch and we had, I had to go to the local chippie
0:17:39 > 0:17:41and bring back fish and chips.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44And he sat in that corner, enjoying his fish and chips.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49We've got a photograph up there.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52You can see Prince William and there's me.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54The mug he used, you can see him just there,
0:17:54 > 0:17:58we've got him to sign it and we've put it in this cupboard.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04I would love to get my gloves on and give it a really good...
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- Jet washing!- It does! - THEY LAUGH
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- They like it like that. - Oh, men do. Yeah.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17This became the maintenance team's mess room, I think, 1947,
0:18:17 > 0:18:20when the house was reorganised after the war.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25And this is where the men used to sit to have their break.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Then, the maintenance team was three times the size of what it is now.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32And they had a shelf that ran around the outside of the room
0:18:32 > 0:18:35and they always used to sit facing the wall
0:18:35 > 0:18:38and not talk to each other for reasons unbeknown.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Everyone wants their space to go and have their lunch and their break.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- Talk about stuff.- Talk about stuff. - Blow off steam.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- Come on Jane, come and have your tea.- Lovely, isn't it.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- Mats.- Oh, yes. - There's some around here.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56And we have got a very large life-size photograph
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- of some girl in the corner. - Used to be off Baywatch.- Is it?
0:18:59 > 0:19:01I don't care where she comes from.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04She sort of enhances that corner of the room.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07I went to the Guild at the weekend and they had an open day
0:19:07 > 0:19:10and they had this charity there and they make bags.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Isn't that lovely?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15They've got the name of the person on it
0:19:15 > 0:19:19and inside was the groundsman and he'd made it!
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- THEY LAUGH - Nice.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26I think it's good that gentlemen can make things as well as the ladies.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30No, nobody cares where they are sat.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33I don't think it's fair to say we have our own seat, no.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35How can you lie like that?
0:19:35 > 0:19:38If anybody else goes in that seat...
0:19:38 > 0:19:40THEY LAUGH
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Normally, this end of the table is more football orientated.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48And the far end of the table, most of them aren't here today,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50is Land Rover orientated!
0:19:50 > 0:19:52I think that's fair to say.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Dotted round Chatsworth are three villages.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Edensor, Beeley, and Pilsley.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14They were built centuries ago, as tied housing.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17where the people working on the house and on the estate
0:20:17 > 0:20:19could live rent free.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24A tradition that continues today.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28I've lived in this house for ten years.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Yes, ten years.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34For houseman Andy, it's a mixed blessing.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Having a house with the job, you're secure,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42but in other ways you're not so secure, you know.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46It's not your house, and should anything go wrong with your job,
0:20:46 > 0:20:48that's it, you're out on your ear.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Whereas other people, you've got the house and you can change,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55you want to change your job.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57To us it's a bigger thing to change,
0:20:57 > 0:21:00because you've got to change your job and your house.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03So, you know, it's quite a big thing for us.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09So one outrules the other one, doesn't it, really.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13You don't get a house now when you join Chatsworth.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17Years ago you joined Chatsworth as a 16-year-old,
0:21:17 > 0:21:22and you'd retire at 65, and then you'd have your house for life.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25That was one of the things, when you got a house here,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27you never wanted to go anywhere else, really.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34But times are changing.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Many of the tied houses are being renovated
0:21:36 > 0:21:39and turned into holiday lets.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43The latest is Park Cottage.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47It was lived in by a tenant, and when he became too old
0:21:47 > 0:21:50to go on living here on his own, it became vacant.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54So now we've decided it's going to become a holiday cottage.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- Oh, it's charming.- It really is.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- It's such a charming little cottage. - It's got so much character.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03As far as we know, it was built in the 1500s.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05We have 17 on the estate,
0:22:05 > 0:22:11but this is a rather special one, because it's so charming.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14So once it's ready we'll let it.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- It's got a nice feel to it. - It's like a fairytale.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20You imagine Goldilocks is going to appear, or Hansel and Gretel.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23You never know!
0:22:25 > 0:22:30The makeover means more work for builders and the housemen.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37And a chance for some creative recycling.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45I'm just putting these pieces of rhododendron on the foot of the bed.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49When I pick a piece of this wood up, I've got to make it fit somehow,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52so I end up with a pile of pieces that I can't use.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54I get that one in that fork.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57I can attach this to the leg of the bed and the bed foot.
0:22:58 > 0:23:04Increasingly, more and more estate cottages are being either let,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06or used for holiday accommodation,
0:23:06 > 0:23:10because less and less estate workers are being housed these days.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14I can understand it from a business point of view,
0:23:14 > 0:23:18but estate workers are not notoriously well paid,
0:23:18 > 0:23:22so it's something that historically was taken for granted,
0:23:22 > 0:23:23that you might be housed.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27But that seems to be something that's going into the past now.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32We need a cloth choice for...
0:23:32 > 0:23:36..we have the sofa and the armchair still outstanding.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Chatsworth's head of textiles, Susie Stokoe, has been called in
0:23:40 > 0:23:43to advise on fabric and soft furnishings.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45I like this one very much.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47The upstairs bedroom is great,
0:23:47 > 0:23:50and I think Dave's going on quite well with the bed.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- I'm longing to see how he's got on. Have you seen it?- I haven't.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57It's all got to go up through the trap door.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00It'll look fabulous.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03The staircase is tiny. You can't get it in that way.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Once it's up there, it's trapped.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14I was thinking, when it was in the workshop,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17it was going to be a bit on the large side.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Now it's up here, you can see there's a considerable bit of height
0:24:20 > 0:24:24in this room, and there's plenty of space upwards for it to go.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28But it's going to be quite an imposing piece of furniture when it's in here.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32I just hope there'll be enough space for everything else.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35If anybody wants an old-fashioned holiday cottage,
0:24:35 > 0:24:37you're not going to get better than this one,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39with all the beams and everything in the top room.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41It's fantastic.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46I think Park Cottage is absolutely gorgeous.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50It's your quintessential English cottage.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Lovely private garden, hollyhocks in the front, beautiful thatch.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59It's a very romantic, private spot.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02I wouldn't mind a place like that, to be brutally honest.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04It would have suited me. Just about the right size.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06But there we go.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08I may go and stay in it, who knows?
0:25:10 > 0:25:17In peak season, that would set Susie back £933...
0:25:17 > 0:25:20a week.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29As the biggest employer in the area,
0:25:29 > 0:25:33a job at Chatsworth can be a chance for youngsters to start a career.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Originally, I'm a Londoner. I've been up here now about five years.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42I only got Chatsworth as a little tie-over job,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45while I thought about what I wanted to do with my life, as a career.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49I ended up enjoying it so much, I've stayed here for four years.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52If you can fill these in and make it look very beautiful.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55At the end you can keep that.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56There we are.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59I'll get you some menus, so you can look at what tea you'd like.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02No worries.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07CHILD CRIES
0:26:07 > 0:26:08Lewis is on the fast track for management.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14I'm 22, so I'm still in my prime for partying,
0:26:14 > 0:26:18but I'm also in the prime of making a good career.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20So, yeah, it's a healthy balance.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24- Are they OK for you then?- Very nice.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27He's lovely, you know, and the customers say to me how nice he is.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31He does take on board the importance of serving properly.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35I do apologise about the wait. The mayonnaise will be here soon.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37I'll replenish your water.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40I've been given quite a bit of responsibility now.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42I thank Chatsworth for giving me the responsibility,
0:26:42 > 0:26:48to be able to really shine, which I have, hence the trainee supervisor.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50So yeah, I'm so chuffed about that.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54He's just got to keep focused on what he's doing.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Can't go thinking about what he's doing tonight or last night.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Ideally, it would be brilliant if I did a little cocktail course.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06It would be pretty swift to do all this stuff with the bottles.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08I can do a little...
0:27:08 > 0:27:13The future of Chatsworth is in safe hands.
0:27:13 > 0:27:19His trainee supervisor duties include overseeing wedding receptions,
0:27:19 > 0:27:21and today is Helen and Gavin's big day.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23- You look very smart.- Oh, don't!
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Measure out the first one.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31With up to 40 ceremonies a year,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Chatsworth's wedding and events manager Kay
0:27:34 > 0:27:38often faces unusual requests from couples.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Next year they want a ballerina in a dome.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- No problem at all. - That's what I said!
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- They haven't had the ceremony yet? - No, no. We haven't got a bride yet.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53You can't have it without the bride. She hasn't arrived.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Everyone likes to watch weddings. It's wonderful, so romantic.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Is she arriving in some amazing machine?
0:28:05 > 0:28:10Blimey, that was definitely worth waiting for!
0:28:10 > 0:28:12I want to see the dress.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16How lovely.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20I need the toilet but I can't go!
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Ready? If you just want to face in, and we'll get your dress.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34We're just getting all the table cloths on so we can start laying.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36We're getting there now.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38When the bride comes in, we want her to be absolutely, wow.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Although we're on a tight time schedule,
0:28:41 > 0:28:44everything does have to be perfect.
0:28:44 > 0:28:45Chatsworth style.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47To be faithful...
0:28:49 > 0:28:51I'd get married here, definitely.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54If I was getting married any time soon!
0:28:54 > 0:28:57First opportunity to kiss your wife!
0:28:57 > 0:29:00APPLAUSE
0:29:05 > 0:29:06It's attention to detail.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09See there's a finger mark on that knife.
0:29:09 > 0:29:10That's what makes the difference.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14If we make sure that every single bit of cutlery is polished to the best we can,
0:29:14 > 0:29:17that way, when they come in, the bride and groom and all the guests
0:29:17 > 0:29:19will see how amazing everything looks
0:29:19 > 0:29:21and hopefully that's what makes the difference,
0:29:21 > 0:29:24that's why everyone wants to come and get married at Chatsworth.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26So, I'll get this knife swapped.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Do not fall off!
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Basically, I'm going to knock this champagne glass
0:29:40 > 0:29:44as if I'm about to make a speech to get everyone's attention.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Then I'll say in a nice, loud voice, "ladies and gentlemen,
0:29:47 > 0:29:51boys and girls, if you'd all stand for the new Mr and Mrs Bailey."
0:29:51 > 0:29:54On that, they'll walk in and everyone will be stunned.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03It will be my first time for announcing
0:30:03 > 0:30:05but hey, I've got a loud voice, I'm made for the stage,
0:30:05 > 0:30:08so hopefully, it shouldn't be too hard.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
0:30:15 > 0:30:19if you'd all like to stand for your new Mrs and Mrs Bailey.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24APPLAUSE
0:30:27 > 0:30:31Mrs and Mrs Bailey!
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Of course, yeah. Oh well.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Mister!
0:30:48 > 0:30:52Another summer's day at Chatsworth.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58And some old friends are paying a visit.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04My father commissioned a number of portrait busts by Angela Conner,
0:31:04 > 0:31:06and they accumulated over quite a lot of years
0:31:06 > 0:31:09and we decided to put them on plinths in the garden.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12We'll give them labels so people know who they are.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14That's just a lovely thing to have.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Have you any idea who these are?
0:31:19 > 0:31:23No, they all look the same to me. I've got no idea.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27I'll need an note of who they are, that's all that matters.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Everybody has photographs,
0:31:31 > 0:31:34either of family or friends on the mantelpiece.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36That's what it is about. It's an extension of that.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40It's called art but it's really just a reminder of old friends.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46We thought we'd put them in this nice quiet place
0:31:46 > 0:31:48and see what we thought.
0:31:50 > 0:31:55Moving the Duke's old friends into place is a job for the gardeners.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00Everything is virtually in place now and it should be done and dusted.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02We've got plenty of other work we've got to get on with,
0:32:02 > 0:32:04to be quite honest with you.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07It would be great if we can get it sorted out today.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12We've got to decide exactly what angle the heads are looking.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15We're going to try and make it a bit
0:32:15 > 0:32:17as if they were standing, perhaps talking.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20I don't know what it's going to look like.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24Can you turn it a bit away from you so it's looking straight at me?
0:32:24 > 0:32:26What do you think?
0:32:26 > 0:32:28It wasn't too bad deciding roughly
0:32:28 > 0:32:31where we wanted them here within this area
0:32:31 > 0:32:35but which way they face is much more difficult.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38I like the idea of Macmillan and the Prince being next to each other.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42- Angle them more towards the Queen, don't you think?- Yes.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Can you turn it a bit more round?
0:32:44 > 0:32:49- What about having this one there as well?- OK. OK.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55So that's easy to change it round.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Put in that way. Can go back to the second position?
0:33:00 > 0:33:04At one stage, my hand went to sleep when I was up there
0:33:04 > 0:33:07but I might have fallen asleep anyhow.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- Are you all right? - My right arm has gone to sleep! - I'm not surprised!
0:33:10 > 0:33:15At one stage, I got both hands round the Duke's neck!
0:33:16 > 0:33:19We were thinking, this is not right
0:33:19 > 0:33:21but there was no other way to get it in that position.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24I think we need to have it this way a bit.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29I think of these as objects, really, rather than people, funnily enough.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31I don't know about you?
0:33:31 > 0:33:33I don't know, I think they're people, to me.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Oh yes.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39And they're so interesting because it's your parents
0:33:39 > 0:33:41and friends, it's their life.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44I regard it almost like an abstract composition
0:33:44 > 0:33:47which happened to be made of human heads by one artist.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50I feel quite differently actually.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54We'll wait to decide how long it's going to take to get the heads in
0:33:54 > 0:33:58and then we'll nip up and just have another session.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00It'll only take a little while, won't it?
0:34:00 > 0:34:04That will be, I hope, the final stage.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Can we try that turning towards my father?
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Yes, this way, around this way a bit, please.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Like everything at Chatsworth,
0:34:12 > 0:34:15to be truthful, you feel like you're nearly there, and it might not be,
0:34:15 > 0:34:17but in terms of motivation,
0:34:17 > 0:34:19I think we're doing all right at the minute.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Worth getting a soaking for.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24That... I think that's spot-on, actually.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27I mean, it may not be in the end, but...
0:34:34 > 0:34:37The £14 million renovation is almost finished
0:34:37 > 0:34:39and for the Duchess,
0:34:39 > 0:34:43a last chance to get up close and see where the money has gone.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46What we're finding is the stone that Chatsworth is built of
0:34:46 > 0:34:47is incredibly hard sandstone.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- Yeah.- This is why it's lasted so long.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54When we cleaned the Inner Court, 200 years old, it's brand-new.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56- It's hardly damaged at all. - Yes, yes.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00They're so much bigger than I thought, when you get up here.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04- And then when that's all done, they start gilding the tops.- Yes.
0:35:05 > 0:35:1123.5 carat gold, purest you can get in leaf form.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13The gold is about the thickness of a cobweb.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16All the top finials on the roof
0:35:16 > 0:35:18and then every window.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21There's 50 windows to be gilded.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25- This is probably the biggest gilding job I've been on.- Yeah.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28I mean, this will last... years.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Certainly, we won't be doing it again in our lifetime.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33100 years ago, or however long ago,
0:35:33 > 0:35:34these would have been all gilded
0:35:34 > 0:35:36and the windows would have been all gilded, so...
0:35:36 > 0:35:40Yeah, I think they do like a bit of bling though, you know. They like
0:35:40 > 0:35:43their gold, but the thing is, it can take it.
0:35:43 > 0:35:44The house can actually take it.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Yeah, let's go to the top.
0:35:48 > 0:35:49Thank you.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52There she is. I can't believe I'm touching her.
0:35:52 > 0:35:53Amazing.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57Fantastic, right on the top. Look, here she is.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00She looks very happy up here, I think.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Through wind and weather, she sticks it out.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06How fascinating.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20It's just amazing. It's just staggering to see.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- What a fantastic view. - It's incredible.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37Chatsworth is the inspiration for Pemberley -
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Mr Darcy's house in Pride and Prejudice.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43The 2005 film was shot here.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47We're doing our wedding shoot today.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50It's Pride and Prejudice themed but, basically,
0:36:50 > 0:36:54it's for promotional purposes so we can use it on the website,
0:36:54 > 0:36:57any literature we produce, or leaflets, or anything.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Surprisingly enough, some people still don't know we do weddings,
0:37:02 > 0:37:04so, for us, this is a great opportunity.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07And to bring in the Pride and Prejudice theme, Pemberley,
0:37:07 > 0:37:09you know, that's great for us. It's a hook.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13- Right, guys.- You're in. - Come on through.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17One of the leading roles in this version
0:37:17 > 0:37:20is played by an up-and-coming trainee supervisor.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25But his movie star good looks are a bit more rugged than usual.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Basically, we was out on a night out,
0:37:27 > 0:37:29there was a bit of trouble at the club, so we all left
0:37:29 > 0:37:34and as we left, they followed us out and they jumped us.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35Well, mainly me.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37I mean, that's what they did to me.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Mainly, it was a bit of a swollen eye and swollen face,
0:37:40 > 0:37:43but the main thing is they cracked the two front teeth off my gums,
0:37:43 > 0:37:46so at the moment, they're still in, but they'll be pulled out tomorrow.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Looks like his swelling has gone down
0:37:53 > 0:37:56and he's got a friend of his mum's who's a make-up artist
0:37:56 > 0:38:00who's made him up for us this morning or covered his bruises,
0:38:00 > 0:38:02although I do think he looks a bit like Lily Savage,
0:38:02 > 0:38:04but we'll tone that down.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08We've got the make-up artist here. So maybe take off the lip gloss.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11It's fine. Just a little bit of touching up.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13It feels so surreal getting people to do your make-up.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Not that I wear it normally.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21I did have some really good lip balm and it's what bees use
0:38:21 > 0:38:24when they go into the beehive, they wipe their feet on it.
0:38:24 > 0:38:25And it's got antiseptic things.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27It says on the bottle "Healing powers",
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- but it's actually done my lip justice.- Yeah.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32I only started using it last couple of days
0:38:32 > 0:38:34and my lip was a big scab a couple of days ago
0:38:34 > 0:38:36so, yeah, it's come down a lot.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Mad.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42- It's not just a little bit, is it?- Probably fit another bride in there.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Like a proper courgette. I mean, a Corvette.
0:38:45 > 0:38:46A corset, that's it.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49I was saying courgette and Corvette. They're cars and vegetables.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Supplied by the Chatsworth textile department,
0:38:54 > 0:38:57some of the costumes are the real thing.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01We are looking, at the moment, at some of the old livery we have.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05This buff colour was made for the Devonshire house ball,
0:39:05 > 0:39:09so it's original Devonshire livery.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13- You're going to have to do both arms.- Yes, I'll go like that.
0:39:13 > 0:39:18Don't let it get wet, by any circumstance.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21And be very careful of handling the pockets because
0:39:21 > 0:39:25- it could rip down there and start bagging there.- I see.
0:39:25 > 0:39:26Keep your hands out.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29All I need to do now is find myself a beautiful lady.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32I'm playing Mr Bingley.
0:39:32 > 0:39:37In Pride and Prejudice, he gets the most beautifullest sister, so...
0:39:37 > 0:39:39with a little bit of luck, I'll get...
0:39:39 > 0:39:43the prettiest one, although they are all very beautiful girls today.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47Just need to make sure the trousers and the ancient coat doesn't get...
0:39:47 > 0:39:51- Ancient!- ..doesn't get ruined. - This mediaeval coat!
0:39:53 > 0:39:54Right.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58That's beautiful.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59This is it.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01LAUGHTER
0:40:01 > 0:40:02That looks good.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04They're all working really well.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06- Lewis, look at Grace. You're having a conversation.- Yeah.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08That's nice, there we go.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10That's nice, Lewis.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12The girl I'm about to do this shoot with, she's very beautiful.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14She's got very nice hair.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16And, um...
0:40:17 > 0:40:20I'd like something with the house in the background,
0:40:20 > 0:40:23if we can, with Lewis and Grace in there.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27- As lovers?- Yeah.- Right, guys. - OK, then.- No pressure.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31- Almost touch lips.- Right.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35- Deep breath.- Watch his lips, cos they're broken.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Yeah, actually, I've got a bit of a...
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Look all powerful and Mr Bingleyish. Oh!
0:40:41 > 0:40:42That's hard. Look towards there.
0:40:42 > 0:40:47- A bit more looking up. That's it. PHOTOGRAPHER:- There, that's it, don't move.
0:40:47 > 0:40:48That's lovely.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51SHE LAUGHS
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Just a shame about my tooth, really, because it's quite restricting
0:40:54 > 0:40:57the way I move my lips and the way I smile and whatnot.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00And I've knocked already a few times and I've got no painkillers,
0:41:00 > 0:41:02so I'm getting a bit of gyp from my tooth,
0:41:02 > 0:41:05but other from that, it's...it's good.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07- So, you're looking at each other, yeah?- Yeah.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09I'm going to do the kiss shot as well.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11It's that one to start with.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Lewis, you're getting into role. You looking very masterful,
0:41:14 > 0:41:16so, chest out. Looking good.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Now you can go for it.
0:41:18 > 0:41:19Touching noses.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23CAMERA CLICKING She looks frightened to death, bless her.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Can't believe I'm getting paid for this!
0:41:25 > 0:41:28To say I'm a catering trainee supervisor,
0:41:28 > 0:41:30it's one hell of a morning.
0:41:30 > 0:41:31I think it was all right.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33I hope she didn't...
0:41:33 > 0:41:35didn't think she was about to be kissed by an ogre.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38I am single.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41I do know if she is, though. I suppose it's something...
0:41:41 > 0:41:43I need to find out. But, yeah, no,
0:41:43 > 0:41:45I've yet to find the love of my life.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58The Chatsworth Horticultural and Produce Show
0:41:58 > 0:42:02was started under the previous Duke and Duchess 48 years ago.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07It's been a fixture of estate life ever since.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10For the people who live and work at Chatsworth, the event,
0:42:10 > 0:42:15held at Cavendish Hall in Edensor, is still a highlight of their year.
0:42:16 > 0:42:21Competing in the show for the last 30 years is gardener Tony Hubbock.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Chatsworth Horticultural Society is a local village society
0:42:24 > 0:42:27where anybody who's worked at Chatsworth
0:42:27 > 0:42:30can enter the vegetables once a year in competition
0:42:30 > 0:42:33to work out who's grown the best veg, and it's friendly,
0:42:33 > 0:42:35light-hearted competition,
0:42:35 > 0:42:37but people still like to win, of course.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Several wins with tomatoes
0:42:39 > 0:42:42two or three times in the past.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44They look good this year. I might win this year, I don't know.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47It just depends what Mr Turner's got up at Pilsley.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50It's friendly rivalry, you could call it.
0:42:50 > 0:42:55Farm manager Ian Turner is the man to beat.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Last year, he won Best Garden Flowers
0:42:57 > 0:43:00and the much-coveted Best Tray of Vegetables.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04These are my six hens. They lay some nice eggs every day.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08They also provide the manure to do the garden.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Some silly fool mucks them out every two or three weeks,
0:43:12 > 0:43:14it's usually me.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18I don't use any other fertiliser whatsoever, just hen muck.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27And Tony Hubbock has a secret weapon that's not to be sniffed at, either.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32I'm collecting sheep manure to make into a fertiliser
0:43:32 > 0:43:36to feed to the tomatoes and cucumbers because they like the feed.
0:43:36 > 0:43:37It makes them taste better.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41I mean, if I didn't pick these up,
0:43:41 > 0:43:43they'd leach into the ground and make grass grow,
0:43:43 > 0:43:45so if they make grass grow, they'll make tomatoes grow.
0:43:45 > 0:43:50My father used to go in the park and collect deer droppings.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52He thought that was better than sheep droppings.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55A bit more upmarket, I suppose, I don't know,
0:43:55 > 0:43:56but this is good enough for me.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02Should be in a hessian sack but I haven't got one
0:44:02 > 0:44:07so I borrowed one of the wife's pillow cases, so...
0:44:07 > 0:44:10that's me in trouble later, I suppose, but there you go.
0:44:14 > 0:44:15You got keep it tight
0:44:15 > 0:44:17else it would all come out lose in the water
0:44:17 > 0:44:19and then it'd muck your watering can up.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21In it goes.
0:44:21 > 0:44:25Finally, we put the lid on it because, believe me,
0:44:25 > 0:44:28when it's fermented and ripe,
0:44:28 > 0:44:30it don't half stink.
0:44:31 > 0:44:35You don't want to be anywhere near it with that lid off.
0:44:35 > 0:44:40Competing for just seven years, John Taylor is the new boy.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42But he knows his onions.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46I don't like cabbage, don't like caulis,
0:44:46 > 0:44:48I don't like Brussels, I don't like kidney beans,
0:44:48 > 0:44:50I don't like broad beans.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52I like leeks, onions, peas...
0:44:52 > 0:44:56Swede I love raw, but I don't like cooked.
0:44:56 > 0:44:57Carrots I like.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59And that's it.
0:44:59 > 0:45:02You can't garden all the time, you see.
0:45:03 > 0:45:07So we have to have a little something to do.
0:45:08 > 0:45:10And we also have the basic essential...
0:45:10 > 0:45:12HE TAPS A GLASS BOTTLE
0:45:12 > 0:45:14..of any garden shed.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16That is a necessity in the garden.
0:45:16 > 0:45:19Keeps man's body and soul together.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21When I first started,
0:45:21 > 0:45:25there were a lot of elderly gentleman
0:45:25 > 0:45:27showing and that sort of thing,
0:45:27 > 0:45:29and thought they were the bee's knees
0:45:29 > 0:45:32and I had a go and I thought, "Well, it's not bad, this."
0:45:32 > 0:45:36You know, a bit of refining and learning how to do things,
0:45:36 > 0:45:38like tying onions and that.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40It's an art, isn't it?
0:45:41 > 0:45:44And you have to learn these things
0:45:44 > 0:45:48and they're all tricks of the trade when it comes to showing.
0:45:48 > 0:45:52I hope to be him with everything, but it'll not be like that.
0:45:52 > 0:45:55But I'll give him a good run for his money with tomatoes
0:45:55 > 0:45:58and carrots, of course. And...
0:45:58 > 0:46:01courgettes and marrows.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03I shall never beat 'em. That's not defeatist.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06I know I shan't beat 'em, but I shall keep having a go.
0:46:06 > 0:46:08One year, they'll slip up.
0:46:08 > 0:46:11When they do, I shall be right behind 'em, waiting.
0:46:15 > 0:46:19Carrying the busts painstakingly positioned by the Duke,
0:46:19 > 0:46:22all that gardeners Mick and Alan need to do is mount them.
0:46:24 > 0:46:25Can you remember which...
0:46:25 > 0:46:30- I've got a feeling that it was Macmillan.- Yep.
0:46:30 > 0:46:34- The Queen, Prince Charles. - I would say you're correct.
0:46:34 > 0:46:37Although it did change, so, should we go for Macmillan,
0:46:37 > 0:46:40the Queen and Prince Charles?
0:46:40 > 0:46:42- That's what we're going for. - I think so.- That's it.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44That's...
0:46:44 > 0:46:48Macmillan and Prince Charles in here, in this box.
0:46:48 > 0:46:52It's not Elvis, I can tell you that.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56I've put that to be 5'9" not 5'5".
0:46:58 > 0:46:59Get it on the top.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10Good enough.
0:47:11 > 0:47:12Right.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15You take your time while I...
0:47:15 > 0:47:18- You need to lift that up.- Don't rush yourself.- I'm ready!
0:47:18 > 0:47:19Are you? All right.
0:47:19 > 0:47:23If it's not done right, we'll be the 15th and 16th,
0:47:23 > 0:47:26with our heads stuck in the bushes somewhere.
0:47:30 > 0:47:31That's deep enough, definitely.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34Each one's slightly different.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36Every one's just a bit tricky but we'll get it done.
0:47:38 > 0:47:40Yup. Right.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43Next one.
0:47:44 > 0:47:48I think it's just Mick and...and Alan.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50So, you've fixed them, have you?
0:47:50 > 0:47:52- They're all fixed.- Brilliant.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57They look wonderful.
0:47:57 > 0:47:59- You've done a fantastic job. - Thank you.
0:47:59 > 0:48:02- Really good, thank you very much. - They look much more natural now.
0:48:02 > 0:48:06- They look as though they've been here for a bit.- Yeah.
0:48:06 > 0:48:10And it's taken a long time, but because we've gone through it
0:48:10 > 0:48:12carefully, step-by-step, it's turned out...
0:48:12 > 0:48:16I think that's the right way forward.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18It's a bit of fun.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21- I think it looks fantastic. - Yes, I think it's wonderful.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24It may not be the right answer, but I think it's a good answer.
0:48:25 > 0:48:32Cavendish Hall in Edensor is being prepared for the great event.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35Evening, all.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40- WOMAN: Oh, they look nice, Ian. - Do you like my big carrots?
0:48:41 > 0:48:44Very hopeful with that, very hopeful.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46They can go straight in there, John.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49Oh, yes, that's what they all say.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51Are you going to get your big taters out, John?
0:48:51 > 0:48:54- I'm going to get my big potatoes out.- You get your big taters out.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57Don't know how I'm going to put them on there.
0:48:57 > 0:48:59That's class three.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01Good carrots, I hope.
0:49:01 > 0:49:02Look at them for carrots.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04If I'd have known they were in your garden,
0:49:04 > 0:49:06they wouldn't have got as far as here.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09I would have put rabbits in.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12Bloody hell. Look at that, Tony.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Ooh!
0:49:14 > 0:49:16Oooh!
0:49:16 > 0:49:20- Now, come on, we're going to have them different.- Yep.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23No beating about t'bush, I want to beat him,
0:49:23 > 0:49:24but whether I shall or not...
0:49:26 > 0:49:27..we shall find out.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30You ask me tomorrow at this time and I shall know
0:49:30 > 0:49:32whether I'm crying or laughing.
0:49:39 > 0:49:43There's such lovely things in here. There's really, really nice plants...
0:49:43 > 0:49:45The Duchess' renovations are complete
0:49:45 > 0:49:49and Park Cottage is now ready for the Duke's seal of approval.
0:49:58 > 0:50:00What do you think of the dresser?
0:50:02 > 0:50:05- Wonderful.- Isn't it? Isn't it charming?- Yes, absolutely brilliant.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07- Great teapot.- Teapot? Yes.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10Lovely flat, odd-shaped thing.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13Lovely.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15- Yes, it's wonderful.- Thrilled.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19I'm so pleased that we found one the right size to fit in here.
0:50:19 > 0:50:23- Yes.- Do you remember what it looked like?- Yes, it was nothing.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25- It's turned out to be a really nice room.- Brilliant.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27Very smart bedside table.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29- Lovely.- Yes. Yes!
0:50:31 > 0:50:34Ooh, look!
0:50:34 > 0:50:36Look at the bed! Hee-hee!
0:50:36 > 0:50:39- Isn't that thrilling? - Yes, that's amazing.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41David is incredible.
0:50:41 > 0:50:45- Oh, well done, David!- David Spencer made that in, what... a month?
0:50:45 > 0:50:50- Less? It's a great bit of recycling of rhododendron.- Yes, it is.
0:50:50 > 0:50:52- Brilliant.- Yes.
0:50:54 > 0:50:58You can imagine this in a very smart antique shop on the Pimlico Road,
0:50:58 > 0:50:59- can't you?- Yes!
0:50:59 > 0:51:01There has been changes.
0:51:01 > 0:51:0450 years ago there were no houses that were let out to
0:51:04 > 0:51:06non-staff people.
0:51:06 > 0:51:07Everybody was housed.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10Now, more and more people want to have their own houses.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13People come from further away. So it's changing.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16I think we wanted to make sure the villages remain communities,
0:51:16 > 0:51:19and if you filled up... say you turned eight cottages
0:51:19 > 0:51:22- in Edensor into holiday cottages, it wouldn't be good.- No, no.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25- We wouldn't want to do that at all.- No.
0:51:25 > 0:51:29These villages are wonderful. The communities are very important.
0:51:34 > 0:51:38At the Horticultural And Produce Show, it's judgement day.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41Hoping for prizes,
0:51:41 > 0:51:43the villagers' vegetables,
0:51:43 > 0:51:44flowers,
0:51:44 > 0:51:46baking,
0:51:46 > 0:51:47brewing
0:51:47 > 0:51:49and preserves.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52Quiche and fruit cake.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55They all look nice.
0:51:55 > 0:51:59Head housekeeper, Christine, has been competing
0:51:59 > 0:52:02since she started working at Chatsworth 36 years ago.
0:52:02 > 0:52:05She began with carrots and peas,
0:52:05 > 0:52:07and has ended up...on the gin!
0:52:07 > 0:52:11I'm putting sloe gin in. Somebody else has put sloe gin in.
0:52:14 > 0:52:15They both look a good colour.
0:52:15 > 0:52:18It's a good brew, because I have sampled it.
0:52:19 > 0:52:23Any other bread? It's got some dead flies in it!
0:52:28 > 0:52:31Looking for the nice, brightened skin,
0:52:31 > 0:52:33not cracked,
0:52:33 > 0:52:36firm neck on the onion, nice shape,
0:52:36 > 0:52:39basically looking for quality.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46Right, sloe gin's next.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48For Christine's home brew -
0:52:48 > 0:52:50the exacting standards of the judge
0:52:50 > 0:52:53and Ian Turner's experienced palate.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57Sharp, cough-mediciny.
0:52:57 > 0:52:58Oh!
0:53:02 > 0:53:05- It's not my cup of tea, that, I'm afraid.- No.
0:53:05 > 0:53:06Look at this!
0:53:08 > 0:53:10Story of your life, that!
0:53:10 > 0:53:13Yeah, exactly!
0:53:13 > 0:53:15A big soft 'un!
0:53:15 > 0:53:17IAN CACKLES
0:53:17 > 0:53:20Could I have everyone's attention, please?
0:53:23 > 0:53:25I'd like to welcome you all to
0:53:25 > 0:53:28the 48th Annual Show.
0:53:28 > 0:53:32For winner of Class 36, tray of four vegetables...
0:53:32 > 0:53:35- IAN:- Oh, bloody hell! - Ian Turner.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37APPLAUSE
0:53:39 > 0:53:44- Thanks very much. - Congratulations.- Thank you.
0:53:44 > 0:53:49And the Most Points In The Flower Section - Ian Turner.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51APPLAUSE
0:53:56 > 0:53:59THEY EXCHANGE PLEASANTRIES
0:53:59 > 0:54:02The old bugger's won again!
0:54:02 > 0:54:04More to clean, Ian?
0:54:04 > 0:54:07I know. Same two again.
0:54:07 > 0:54:09Never mind, there's always next year.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24Kay's photographs are back for the wedding brochure
0:54:24 > 0:54:28and she's keen to see if her leading man made the cut.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31- Hello, superstar.- Hey!
0:54:31 > 0:54:34Can you remember where we were? In the Rose Garden?
0:54:34 > 0:54:38- Yes.- There you are, your first one.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40SHE LAUGHS
0:54:40 > 0:54:43The very beautiful Grace.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46Wicked! The quality of the camera is amazing.
0:54:46 > 0:54:49Never mind the quality of camera, look at these beautiful,
0:54:49 > 0:54:52gorgeous, sexy shots.
0:54:52 > 0:54:53SHE GASPS
0:54:53 > 0:54:55Oh, my lord!
0:54:55 > 0:54:57SHE LAUGHS
0:54:57 > 0:55:00I was a bit worried I was going to look like a 1700s drag queen.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02With the make-up and everything.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05Eyes look beautiful.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07- You look really handsome, doesn't he?- Aww!
0:55:07 > 0:55:10And the slight, kind of, cut, on your lip
0:55:10 > 0:55:13gives you a bit of a cad feel about you.
0:55:13 > 0:55:18- That's one for Mum's fireplace, isn't it?- Yes, that's it!
0:55:18 > 0:55:21- Going in for the kill. - The kiss, the kiss, the kiss.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23Is that you kissing her again?
0:55:23 > 0:55:25- I think I might.- I think it is!
0:55:25 > 0:55:29A little bit different to what we've seen around the other wedding venues.
0:55:29 > 0:55:32- So, I'm really proud of them. - Is a possible way
0:55:32 > 0:55:34you can e-mail them to me, Louise?
0:55:34 > 0:55:36Because that'd be brilliant. I want to show my mum.
0:55:36 > 0:55:37You want to show your mum.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40My mum's been on about looking at them for ages.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43I can get you the link and we can get you some shots.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48WATER RUSHES
0:55:48 > 0:55:51BIRDSONG
0:55:53 > 0:55:57After a year hidden behind scaffolding,
0:55:57 > 0:56:01the great old house is finally ready to face the future.
0:56:05 > 0:56:06EXCITED CHATTER
0:56:07 > 0:56:11Is it nice to see the scaffolding down, Duchess?
0:56:11 > 0:56:14- It's just amazing, isn't it? Fantastic.- Beautiful.
0:56:14 > 0:56:20I just think, wouldn't it be wonderful if the first Duke
0:56:20 > 0:56:22could come back and see it as it is now?
0:56:22 > 0:56:26I was just thinking the other night quietly, just thinking,
0:56:26 > 0:56:28"I wonder what he'd think?"
0:56:28 > 0:56:31I've just looked at the house for the first time, properly,
0:56:31 > 0:56:34and it just looks magnificent. I should think when the sun's
0:56:34 > 0:56:37shining on it, all the gold round the windows will glint
0:56:37 > 0:56:40and it'll look really, really spectacular.
0:56:43 > 0:56:44I love the house.
0:56:44 > 0:56:48I've only ever been here with it having scaffolding over the top,
0:56:48 > 0:56:51so, yeah, I've never really seen it like this,
0:56:51 > 0:56:54and definitely not with the gold and I think it looks so stunning.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57- You know the numbers were up in the end?- The numbers were 700,000,
0:56:57 > 0:56:58is that right?
0:56:58 > 0:57:02About 6,000 up on last year, which is incredible.
0:57:02 > 0:57:05It's very brave of the Duke to do what he's doing, because he's
0:57:05 > 0:57:08chosen to rip Chatsworth to pieces,
0:57:08 > 0:57:12put it all back into good order.
0:57:12 > 0:57:16- I must say I'm thrilled. - It's certainly bright, isn't it?
0:57:16 > 0:57:18It's well worth the wait, I've been a long time
0:57:18 > 0:57:21in the dark, I feel a bit like a mole, now.
0:57:21 > 0:57:24There's an old saying that it was called the Palace Of The Peak,
0:57:24 > 0:57:27and it does, it does look like a palace now.
0:57:27 > 0:57:29You all know we had a fantastic year last year.
0:57:29 > 0:57:32We broke the record again, which was brilliant, thanks to all of you.
0:57:32 > 0:57:37Wonderful. More people, more people happy, I hope,
0:57:37 > 0:57:39I think so, so that was very exciting.
0:57:39 > 0:57:43Just the last two or three days were brilliant, even with YOU!
0:57:43 > 0:57:46- Fantastic!- Even me!
0:57:46 > 0:57:49- Wonderful! We had a really storming last month.- We did, we did.
0:57:49 > 0:57:52It's been amazing. Christmas has been fantastic this year.
0:57:52 > 0:57:56- So, we've done all that.- For the farm shop, now it's looking forward.
0:57:56 > 0:57:59I think with the gold and clean stone and finials brightly shining,
0:57:59 > 0:58:02it's going to be a really fantastically good year.
0:58:02 > 0:58:05- It is.- I hope, I'm sure it will be. So, let's hope that...
0:58:05 > 0:58:07what have we got to?
0:58:08 > 0:58:121998! What have we got to? 2012.
0:58:12 > 0:58:14- Cheers!- ALL: 2012!
0:58:17 > 0:58:2018th-century bling, it's just the best thing.
0:58:20 > 0:58:24- It's a dream come true for us, really is, isn't it?- Yes.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27It's just so exciting. It won't have to be done for a long time now.
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