Secrets of Historic Britain
Lyme
S1 E5:
Alan Titchmarsh visits one of the UK's most spectacular country houses, Lyme in Cheshire, made famous as the backdrop to the TV series Pride and Prejudice. He'll piece together the incredible 18th century story of owner, Thomas Legh, who inherited the house at the age of 5 transforming, in an instant, from the illegitimate son of a maid to Lord of the Manor.