TV Tonight: John Woodhouse's Pick Of The Rest

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Thursday, March 18, 2010
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Country House Rescue C4, 8pm

RUTH Watson visits Carnfield Hall in Derbyshire and its owner James Cartland, member of the Cartland dynasty and cousin of author Barbara Cartland. Carnfield Hall is a hotchpotch of Elizabethan, Jacobean and Victorian architecture with a 16th century great parlour and a staircase dating from 1628. James bought Carnfield Hall as a complete wreck 22 years ago and single-handedly restored the house to its former glory. Now in his 60s, and approaching retirement, James is finding the burden of care and preservation too much. Ruth thinks the answer to Carnfield's future security lies with the estate's 90 acres of unused parkland. She also urges James to sift through his formidable collection of antiques, collectables and curios. But James finds some of Ruth's advice a hard pill to swallow.

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