Britain's Most Expensive Houses

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Season 1, Episode 4

John from the country office has a £3.6 million Arts and Crafts-style south coast seaside mansion to sell, Polina is listing a new central London penthouse worth £4.5 million - so new that it is not even on the market yet - and company owner Guy is in Barbados to view a $40 million beachside property where the rich and famous have stayed. Amber is keen to win one of London's most expensive properties, a £75 million Knightsbridge home that once belonged to prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn

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Cast & Crew

Arabella Weir (Narrator)

Mark Littlewood (Producer)

Colin Rothbart (Producer)

Jannine Waddell (Executive producer)

Sophie Wurzer-Williams (Executive producer)

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Arabella Weir (Narrator)

Born: December 06, 1957 in San Francisco

Best Known For: The Fast Show.

Early-life: Arabella was born in San Francisco on December 6, 1957. Her father was former British ambassador Sir Michael Weir. She has two older brothers, Andrew and Matthew, and a younger sister, Christina. Arabella studied for a diploma in dramatic arts at Middlesex Polytechnic. In the 1970s, she was a backing singer for pub rock band Bazooka Joe. The band featured Stuart Goddard, who became better known as Adam Ant.

Career: Weir's big break came in 1994 when she began playing various roles in BBC sketch comedy The Fast Show alongside Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson and John Thomson. The show had a number of catchphrases and the one mostly attributed to Weir was "Does My Bum Look Big in This?" She later used this as the title for a best-selling book. The Fast Show ran until 1997 and returned in 2000 for a one-off special. Weir went on to star in Posh Nosh, Hana's Helpline, Skins and Doctor Who. More recently, she has appeared in one-off drama Two Doors Down, Midomer Murders and House of Fools.

Quote: "I can't write about my greatest mistakes because I've slept with most of them."

Trivia: Weir has written a number of books and contributes regularly to The Independent and the Guardian.