Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith


5:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Friday, August 14 on Channel 4 +1 (15)

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In Dorset, rain and storms threaten Mapperton House's annual plant fair. In Staffordshire, the Cavenagh-Mainwaring family are dealing with leaks of their own at Whitmore Hall. Nova Guest is thrilled to sign off her summer season by inviting the first visitors in to the newly-restored Gunpowder Plot room at Ashby Manor, and at Chavenage in the Cotswolds, James and Emma are finally ready to open up their vaunted sauna project to guests


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Penelope Keith (Presenter)

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Penelope Keith (Presenter)
Born: April 02, 1940 in Sutton, Surrey
Best Known For: Playing snobby women in a variety of sitcoms.
Early-life: Born Penelope Anne Constance Hatfield in Clapham, South London, on April 2, 1940; her father reportedly disappeared soon after she was born. She met him once, during an outing, but did have a very close relationship with her mother and grandmother. Unfortunately, she failed to bond with her stepfather and still doesn't like to talk about him. After deciding on acting as a career, she attended London's Webber Douglas Academy, where Terence Stamp was among her fellow students. After graduating, she worked in local repertory theatre.
Career: Keith became a star on the small screen in 1975, playing snooty Margo Leadbetter in BBC sitcom The Good Life. More success followed with To the Manor Born, in which she played penniless aristocrat Audrey fforbes-Hamilton alongside Peter Bowles, with whom she was reunited in ITV's Executive Stress in 1986. No Job for a Lady in which she played a rebellious Labour MP and Next of Kin, in which she depicted a retired woman coping with her estranged daughter's children, failed to make much of a mark. She has since largely stayed away from TV, concentrating instead on the theatre, gardening and charity work. However, Keith did return to the small screen in 2003 in Margery and Gladys opposite June Brown, and starred in a one-off To the Manor Born Christmas Special in 2007.
Quote: 'I was very tall and very plain. I wasn't going to get very far on looks - so I thought I'd better be the funny girl.'
Trivia: In 2002, she spent a year as the High Sheriff of Surrey and was made a Dame in 2014.

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