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Keep It in the Family - The Castle at Taunton

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Brothers Dominic and Nick Chapman return to their childhood home in Taunton to see if they're willing to take over the reins from their parents and save the family-owned hotel. Dad Kit comes from five generations of hoteliers but after his own painful succession experience he's determined to make things easier for his sons. Which, if either of them, might be best suited to running the family firm? His older son, Dominic, is an award-winning chef in charge of a prestigious kitchen. Younger son Nick is a corporate high flyer who runs his own internet marketing firm. Both spend a week learning the ropes, and a week working together to see if they can take on the challenges of running a famous hotel with forty-four rooms, more than fifty staff, and a very particular way of doing things. With two highly rated restaurants, one of which is regularly Michelin starred, and a turbulent family history over the past fifty years, the brothers - and their father - have big decisions to make.