Crisis at the Castle

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

How it feels

This three-part series follows the financial struggles at three British castles. It focuses on the tension between a castle owner and her children as they try to keep their historic home running.

observationalinformativeunderstatedmeasuredgroundedmoderate-pacedstraightforwardquietly dramatic

What happens

Crisis at the Castle is a three-part documentary series that aired on BBC Four and American public broadcasting stations in 2007. The series chronicled the financial troubles at three British castles: Kelburn Castle, Ayrshire; Burton Court, Herefordshire; and Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire. The episode on Sudeley Castle, the former residence of Catherine Parr, examines the friction between Elizabeth, Lady Ashcombe, and her two children, caused by the struggle to generate sufficient income to maintain it as a family home. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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