A THREE part documentary looking into the lives of Lord and Lady Weymouth as they take over the running of the £190million stately home, Longleat House, is due to be shown next week.

All Change at Longleat follows Lord Bath’s son, Ceawlin, and his wife, Emma, as they take over the running of the aristocratic estate, which includes the 130 room Elizabethan house, safari park, two villages and hundreds of staff.

Lord Weymouth said: “It’s something that was suggested to us about two years ago and we did a taster tape but then we didn’t hear anything about it and assumed nothing happened.

“But then we got the call and obviously had to decide if we really wanted to open our lives up.

“They never really delved into our personal relationship that much though and it wasn’t a fly on the wall documentary or anything like that.

“There were cameras filming around the estate but in terms of one-on-one interviews they were always pre-arranged.”

Built in 1580, the stately home of Longleat has been in the same noble family for fourteen generations.

The first safari park outside Africa was opened by Lord Bath in 1966 on the grounds of the estate and today has become one of the UK’s biggest attractions.

The first episode, due to be shown on Monday at 9pm on BBC One, follows Lord and Lady Weymouth as they look to make their mark, including making residents of one of the villages unhappy with an increase in rent.

Lady Weymouth, who gave birth to the couple’s first child, John, during the filming of the TV show, said: “Living at the house, the lack of privacy is probably the biggest thing from my perspective.

“We saw an uncut version of the show and it was weird seeing myself pregnant and you always hate the sound of your voice but you get used to that.

“Probably the most extreme bit to me was being reminded of that whole process of going through my pregnancy.”

Lord Weymouth added: “The worries we have are that things always get edited together and may be elaborated in a certain way.

“You have no control and don’t have any influence really on what is shown, you’re putting your faith in the director and I had nerves about taking that leap.

"I found it very stressful being in front of a camera and I’ve no idea if it will change things for us but it’s probably going to be quite game changing in some ways but we will have to see what happens.”