简介：Thisarticleisabouttherealitytelevisionseries.Forageneraldiscussionofthistypeofhouse,seecountryhouse,manorhouseandmanorialism. TheEdwardianCountryHouse TheEdwardianCountryHousewasanacclaimedBritishmini-seriesintherealitytelevisiongenre,producedbyChannel4.ItwasfirstairedintheUKinApril,2002andwaslaterbroadcastintheU.S.onvariousPBSstationsin2003asManorHouse,whereextrafootagewasadded.ItisthirdinaseriesofhistoricalrealityshowsproducedbyChannel4,precededbyThe1900HouseandThe1940sHouse. IntheseriestheOlliff-Cooperfamilyaregiventheidentitiesofturn-of-the-centuryaristocratsandhousedinManderston,anopulentScottishcountryhouse,wheretheyliveforthreemonthsintheEdwardianstyle.Mr.andDr.Olliff-CooperbecomeSirJohnOlliff-Cooper,Bt,andLadyOlliff-Cooper. Interestandconflictisprovidedbythe14servants,portrayedbyindividualsfromseveralwalksoflife.ChiefamongthesewasHughEdgar,anarchitectfromSurrey,whowascastintheroleofthebutler. Participantsreceivedinstructionandasetofrulesbywhichtheywereexpectedtoabideforthedurationoftheexperiment.Mostofthe‘upstairs’participantsenjoytheirtimeinthehouse,whichismeanttorepresenttheyears1905-1914.Those‘belowstairs’haveadifferentexperience;forthoseinthelowestranks,particularlythesuccessivescullerymaids,lifeappearstobeintolerable. Themini-seriesisavailableforpurchaseonbothDVDandVHS.Manderstonisopentothepublicduringthesummer,andalsooffersaccommodationtopayingguests.…