Penelope Keith was spotted enjoying the Good Life in Pembrokeshire last week, as she was out and about filming for her next series of Hidden Villages.

During her five days in the county the actress and presenter was filmed at ten different villages exploring both their modern and ancient stories.

On Tuesday (June 7) Dame Penelope was at St Dogmaels Producers Market where she sampled local fayre and chatted to the stallholders.

“She was very nice and friendly, very pleasant,” said Sue Jones, trustee of St Dogmaels Coach House who gave the crew advice on how to pronounce Welsh place names.

On Wednesday the To the Manor Born star visited Manorbier Castle, where she interviewed castle owner, Dame Emily Naper.

On Thursday it was on to the Blue Lagoon at Abereiddy where Dame Penelope learnt about the history of the area from Martin Roberts of Croesgoch Heritage Group.

Cleopatra Browne from Celtic Quest Coasteering then filled her in on the modern uses of the lagoon from coasteering to the Red Bull Cliff Diving Competition.

“We had a chinwag on the cliff top,” said Cleopatra,” she was very nice. She had lots of relevant questions. We couldn’t talk her into a wetsuit though.

The actress also filmed at Llangwm where she interviewed locals about the village’s Flemish links, the Stackpole Estate and Bosherston.

At Lawrenny she attended the village’s regatta and explored its links with the Second World War.

The actress also set off into the Preseli Hills, filming at Mynachlog Dduwhere she learnt about the Rebecca Riots and Cilgerran, where she learnt about coracle fishing and the River Teifi.

“Penny doesn’t know Pembrokeshire,” said executive producer Owen Rodd. “What she has been doing is finding out that there is a lot more to Pembrokeshire than just its pretty coastline.

“It’s been very clear over the course of filming just how rich the history is, it’s been an absolute melting pot of activity since Norman times.

“There is so much going on and so much diverse history and heritage it wasn’t a problem to find great characters and people to tell the stories of what has made the villages what they are today.”

The Pembrokeshire episode will be part of the third series of Hidden Villages, which should be aired on Channel 4 in the autumn.