Ladette to Lady UK S1Ep1

The series follows a group of ladettes, who are given an old-fashioned five-week course in learning how to behave like a traditional “lady“. They are sent to Eggleston Hall, a finishing school for women in Teesdale, which was specially reopened for the show. Whilst on the premises they are required to wear the school’s uniform: a turquoise tweed suit, a white blouse, court shoes, and a pearl necklace. This uniform has varied. They are taught under the supervision and guidance of five instructors and are given various tasks in deportment, elocution, flower arranging, etiquette and cookery. Other skills include needlework, ballroom dancing, riding side-saddle, drawing, and so on. However, if they can’t live up to the standards of ladylike behaviour, they will be expelled. One participant is expelled at the end of each episode, so by the end of the programme there will only be three left. Then the teachers must decide upon one winner, depending on who they think has improved the most an