To the Manor Born

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To the Manor Born (1979)

TV-PG Comedy

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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.

Peter Spence

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Series Cast

Peter Bowles

Richard DeVere

21 Episodes
Penelope Keith

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton

21 Episodes
Angela Thorne

Marjory Frobisher

21 Episodes
Michael Bilton

Ned

21 Episodes
John Rudling

Brabinger

21 Episodes
Daphne Heard

Mrs. Polouvicka

21 Episodes
Daphne Oxenford

Mrs. Polouvicka, Mrs. Patterson

15 Episodes
Gerald Sim

The Rector

12 Episodes
Ben Aris

Spalding

7 Episodes
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Series 3

1981 • 7 Episodes

Season 3 of To the Manor Born premiered on October 18, 1981.

Back to the Manor

(3x7, November 29, 1981) Season Finale

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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. Imagine... read the rest.

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