The Englishman's Castle: A History of House, Large and Small, in Town and Country from AD 100 to the Present Day

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The series's musical signature was a stately orchestral "Lilibulero", giving it the same "sound" as the long-running series "Upstairs, Downstairs" -- which also depicted life during a time of turbulent change in Britain.

What were the realities of life in castles as they existed across Britain in the past, and what informs our popular understanding of them?Written by Philip Mackie and directed by Paul Ciappessoni (Angels, Softly Softly, Doomwatch, Doctor Finlay’s Casebook) it’s set in an alternate 1970s, in which Nazi Germany has won World War II and now occupies all of Europe including England.

Castles were introduced to England by the Normans, and they have always been distinguished by the architectural trappings of fortification, such as turrets, battlements and arrow loops. In the closing scene, he locks himself in his office as the episode is broadcast, cuts off the feed just before her scene airs and speaks the phrase himself instead, live over the air. The apse was subsequently replaced with a square chancel, possibly to conform to the architectural styles of the 13th/14th century, but this was clearly a later addition to the nave, which may have been contemporaneous with the apsidal chancel. Image and audio quality are perfectly acceptable for what is, after all, a period piece, shot on a combination of video and 16mm film some forty years ago.The premise was plausible - Germany invaded the UK successfully in 1940 and Nazism dominated Europe ever since. This is a relevant concept because it measures the opportunity cost of using land for something other than direct production – such as living on it.