Deborah Mitford, (Dowager) Duchess of Devonshire, recently published a memoir which discussed in detail what the Devonshires went through to keep some of their main property holdings together when the old Duke died. It was a topic in “Monarch of the Glen,” too ;-).
My mom and I used to watch the James Herriot vet series on PBS when it was first-run. It’s funny seeing all those actors show up in “Midsomer Murders” and the Harry Potter films. When we first saw “Prisoner of Azkaban,” three or four older adults in the theater called out, “It’s Siegfried Farnon!” when “Cornelius Fudge” appeared on screen.
The great Robert Hardy. Who also functioned as the Queen’s falconer, I believe.