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30/09/1979 Comedy 0h 30m
70
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THE HILARIOUS COMEDY SERIES

Overview

Sitcom about the love-hate relationship between upper-class Audrey fforbes Hamilton and Richard DeVere, the nouveau rich businessman who buys her manor house when she can no longer afford to keep it.

Top billed cast

  1. Peter Bowles

    Richard DeVere

  2. Penelope Keith

    Audrey fforbes-Hamilton

  3. Angela Thorne

    Marjory Frobisher

  4. Michael Bilton

    Ned

  5. Gerald Sim

    The Rector

  6. John Rudling

    Brabinger

  7. Daphne Heard

    Mrs. Polouvicka

  8. Daphne Oxenford

    Mrs. Polouvicka

  9. Celia Imrie

    Polly

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Full Cast & Crew

Current Season

Season 3

 1981 | 7 Episodes

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-02-23
Fresh from her success in the BBC sitcom "The Good Life", Penelope Keith ("Audrey") is the lady of "Grantleigh" - a Gloucestershire stately pile she shares with husband "Martin". The first of the 22 episodes informs us that he has died, and that her world is about to be turned upside down. He squandered all the "fforbes-Hamilton" family money and she is going to have to sell up! The auction ensues and this estate, which they have managed for 400-odd years, ends up in the hands of a self-made millionaire Czech immigrant "Richard de Vere" (Peter Bowles) who made his money in supermarkets. Imagin...read the rest
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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
To the Manor Born

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