Hatfield House: A Royal Residence

1 x 60’

Channel

Channel 5

TX
28th September 2024
  • Series Producer/Director:
    Michael Douglas
  • Shooting PD:
    Dave Warren
  • Executive Producer:
    Siân Price
  • Editors:
    Mark Gravil
    Nick Maddocks
  • Edit Director:
    Billie Pink
  • AP:
    Georgina Pike
  • Shooting AP:
    Luke Powell
  • Graphics:
    Brett Lewis
  • Archive Producer:
    Andy Beckett
  • Senior Researcher:
    Jess Smith
  • Production Manager:
    Hannah James

A Royal Retreat

Hatfield House- one of Britain’s finest stately houses and the childhood home of the most important queen in British history. For centuries royals have made a pilgrimage to Hatfield to visit the oak tree where a young princess discovered she was now Queen Elizabeth 1st, an event that would herald the start of the British Empire. Hatfield’s history is steeped in royal intrigue, indulgence and, thanks to the late Duke of Edinburgh, the launch of the Elizabethan Jet Age,

Now, with privileged access and insightful input from experts including Laurence Llewelyn Bowen and former royal butler Paul Burrell, we reveal the behind-the-scenes secrets of a house that’s been a regular royal go-to for centuries.