S10E12:Reading to Taplow

19 Feb 201929 minTV-G

Messing about in boats is the name of the game in Henley-on-Thames, where Michael Portillo hears about the world-famous regatta and literary classic The Wind in the Willows. In the pretty village of Cookham, Michael encounters heaven on earth for the artist Stanley Spencer, and across the river at Cliveden he explores the great Italianate mansion, which once belonged to the Astor family.