CHRISTMAS EVE SATURDAY DECEMBER 24
CHRISTMAS AT CASTLE HOWARD; CHRISTMAS AT CHATSWORTH HOUSE; CHRISTMAS AT HOLKHAM HALL
A festive heritage binge
Screening: TVNZ 1, 7.00pm, 8.05pm and 9.05pm
Streaming: TVNZ+
A three-episode serving from a Channel 4 series about Christmas preparations at Britain’s stately homes, whose owners will have welcomed the chance to pitch to the paying visitors who fund their continued existence. Fans of and should tune in for the episode featuring Yorkshire’s Castle Howard, which starred in both shows. Chatsworth House is even more of a feature of popular culture, having been employed in , , , and many more. Holkham Hall, completed in 1764, is notable for its art collection – the financial recklessness of its original owner, Thomas Coke, the first Earl of Leicester, apparently impoverished his heirs to the extent that it is essentially unaltered, but not so much that the paintings had to be hocked off. But really, it’s time just to sink into the couch and
