George Clarke's National Trust Unlocked

George's journey begins in Dorset at the UK's most exquisite example of Italianate architecture, the magnificent 17th-century Kingston Lacy. He uncovers a tale of shame and scandal on the south coast, and the Cotswold landmark, Hidcote Manor Gardens.

George visits the 1,000-year-old Dunster Castle in Somerset, and discovers it's not size that matters at Westbury Court, the finest surviving 17th-century water gardens.

George visits one of the most modern Victorian houses in existence, the water-powered, cliff-top mansion, Cragside in Northumberland, and explores the Grade I listed Cliveden Gardens.

George visits the magnificent and meticulously-crafted country retreat, Standen in West Sussex, and discovers a masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture at Tyntesfield in Somerset.

George discovers one of the National Trust's quirkiest buildings, a bear hut on the 6400-acre Killerton estate in Devon, and unearths secrets at Baddesley Clinton Hall, Warwickshire.

George explores one of Britain's grandest 17th-century powerhouses, the decadent Ham House, and gets a private tour at the modernist Hampstead home of architect Ernö Goldfinger.