The Curious House Guest

The Curious House Guest
Genre	Documentary
Presented by	Jeremy Musson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English

The Curious House Guest is a British television documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two in 2005. It is written and presented by Jeremy Musson, an architectural historian and journalist with Country Life . In each episode he visits a historic private house and combines observations on architecture with insights into the lives of the owners.

Episode list

Series one, 2005

• Chillingham Castle, Northumberland
• Chavenage House, Tetbury, Gloucester
• Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire
• Castle Leslie, Monaghan
• Bellamont House, Dorset
• Bryngwyn Hall, Bwlch-y-Cibau, Llanfyllin, Powys

Series two, 2006

• Holkham Hall, Norfolk
• Ninfa, Lazio, Italy
• Vann, Surrey (architect: W.D. Caroe)
• Hampden Great House, Jamaica
• Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire (owner: Sir Reresby Sitwell)
• Hippo Point, Kenya
• Stradey Castle, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
• Provender House, Kent (owner: Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff)

See also

• Living with Modernism

External links

• The Curious House Guest at BBC Online
• The Curious House Guest at IMDb
• Podcast of Holkham Hall episode
• Diary of a Curious House Guest