You Can't Get the Staff

Princess Olga Romanoff, the great granddaughter of Alexander III of Russia, is looking for a 'garden boy' to help her Highness run Provender House. Military man, Baronet Sir Humphry Wakefield of Chillingham castle needs help with his 2000 plus collection of arms and armour, but only the most loyal of servants will meet with his approval. Renowned hostess Lady Colin Campbell needs a butler of distinction to help organise a sparkling soiree for a few of her chums. So, she asks her friend Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia for help.

Lady Auriol Linlithgow needs a new recruit to help run Bryngwyn Hall in Wales, while yummy mummy Carina Evans in Henley-on-Thames needs a home worker to do everything she does, apart from sleep with her husband. Detmar Blow has been the custodian of Hilles House in Gloucestershire for 27 years. The widower of fashion icon Isabella Blow needs to find a way to ensure a prosperous future for his Gloucestershire stately home and his many live-in 'collaborators'.

Caroline Lowsley-Williams plans some radical changes to the staff at the 2000 acre Chavenage House estate, with her current two full-time employees having a combined age of 145 - 'It's like putting down an old dog, it's just about finding the right moment to do it.' American composer Drew Rieger has a housekeeping crisis in Baltimore with an ex-royal butler coming to the rescue. And Professor John Mew has a big problem at the replica 12th century castle he built himself in the 1980s, not least the state of the moat.

Sir Benjamin Slade of Maunsel House in Somerset is on the hunt for a handyman after the last one ran off with his wife. And are Aurora Eastwood's standards too high for a new groom?

Sara Vestin Rahmani seeks a butler able to co-ordinate private jets and get along with her two bulldogs. And the settling in period for Anna Trent's au pair proves trickier than expected.