In 2005, I presented a series of six programmes for BBC2 called The Curious House Guest. A second series of eight programmes went out in 2007.
I worked with a great team put together by BBC Wales Factual Department, including series producer Richard Trayler-Smith and producer, Ellen Harris, and with director and camera man Steve Geilnger. It was a great experience and I learnt a huge amount working with Richard and Spike (Steve).
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I also presented a short piece on Chatsworth House for the series Britain’s Best, and was a dinner party guest in Edwardian Supersize Me.
Reviews for The Curious House Guest BBC 2
“Once again an enjoyable, instructive and thought-provoking time had by all. Me included.”
Christopher Matthew, The Daily Mail
“Musson is a splendid fellow and is to the aristocracy what Ray Mears is to the native Indian.”
Peter Conchin, The Independent
“There’s time before dinner to admire gilded plaster ceilings and for Jeremy to talk us through the influence of Andrea Palladio on English architecture.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
“It’s a pleasingly relaxed way to get to know a remarkable building… Musson makes for a restrained guide, allowing the pictures, and indeed the owners, to speak for themselves.”
The Mail on Sunday
“Musson is a supremely knowledgeable chap without being too pompous.”
The Radio Times