Season 3, Episode 5: Pheasants & Phlatulence [1813CE]

Brace yourself. We're heading to rural Derbyshire in 1813 with Alice Nagle and Kim Marsh from Fetch the Smelling Salts for a romp through Regency England's high society.

While all eyes are on the debutantes and bachelors, it is the wily elder generation calling the shots. Alice and Kim take on the roles of pushy aunts with a mission – can they find an eligible bachelor for their nieces?

Expect a full helping of dashing bachelors, an ensemble of blushing debutantes and lashings of devious matriarchs as two rival families seek to snare the most eligible young men in the county.

An excerpt from Helena Bungleby-Tomkinson’s racy novel Whispers of Willowbrook: A Rural Affair

…The moonlight cascaded across the rolling fields of Willowbrook Estate, casting a silvery sheen upon the dewy grass. Lady Margaret Ashcroft stood at the window of the library, her fingers tracing the delicate embroidery of her evening glove, her heart aflutter with a most improper anticipation.

Captain Edward Hartley had returned, and though propriety demanded restraint, there was an electricity between them that no amount of social convention could suppress. His last letter—delivered by a trembling stable boy that very morning—had hinted at sentiments far beyond mere friendship.

She recalled his broad shoulders as he'd assisted her during the harvest festival, the way his hand had accidentally brushed hers while passing the punch, the momentary connection that seemed to spark between them like a sudden bolt of understanding. Her breath caught in her throat.

The grandfather clock chimed ten, and somewhere in the distant meadow, a nightingale began its soft, plaintive song—a melody that seemed to whisper of unspoken promises and the delicate dance of rural romance…

One must make a bold impression

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