Regency House Party (2004)
- Genre
- reality television
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 8 episodes
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Modern single people take on roles from 1811 England and attempt to find marriage partners using Regency courtship rules. They live in a historic manor, wear period costumes, and follow strict social codes that sometimes leave some participants excluded.
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What happens
Regency House Party is a historical reenactment reality television program made by Wall to Wall/Channel 4 in 2004. Narrated by Richard E. Grant, the Regency reenactment is the fourth in a series of historical reality programs produced by Channel 4, preceded by The 1900 House, The 1940s House, and The Edwardian Country House. The series has a group of unmarried men and women, accompanied by their older female chaperones, assuming the identities of Regency-era individuals from the year 1811. Participants received instruction in the upper class courtship rituals of the time and were charged with seeking out a suitable marriage within the group. The assigned identities range from titled aristocracy and other wealthy members of society to middle class social climbers. One woman is assigned the role of the ladies' assistant and is thus excluded, according to the conventions of the times, from many of the social activities in the house. The series was filmed at Kentchurch Court, a grade I listed stately home in Herefordshire, England. Many of the costumes had previously been used in the then-recent adaptations of Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma and Vanity Fair. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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