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To the Manor Born

Season 2 1980
TV-PG

  • 1980-10-04T23:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
Audrey fforbes-Hamilton has fallen on hard times since the death of her husband, Martin. Forced to sell Grantleigh Manor, which has been in her family for 400 years, she graciously adjusts to her new circumstances in The Lodge at the edge of the estate. With the Manor now occupied by supermarket magnate Richard DeVere and his elderly mother, "Mrs Poo". Audrey is soon annoyed that her position on the estate has been usurped - and by a man who represents everything Audrey regards as bad taste. It's clearly a love-hate relationship from the beginning, but between foiling DeVere's plans and bringing his ego down a notch or two, Audrey manages to stamp her authority on the running of the Manor while the faint whisper of romance echoes across the way.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

1980-10-04T23:00:00Z

2x01 The New Farm Manager

Season Premiere

2x01 The New Farm Manager

  • 1980-10-04T23:00:00Z30m

Richard sends Audrey over the edge yet again as he brings in an efficiency expert to try to modernize every aspect of the estate's management, and sending everything and everyone into varying states of chaos.

1980-10-11T23:00:00Z

2x02 The Spare Room

2x02 The Spare Room

  • 1980-10-11T23:00:00Z30m

Audrey gleefully sets up a blind date between Richard and an old school chum of hers who was always dumpy and unattractive, then does everything in her power to prevent it when she finds out that her old friend is now an attactive single woman who she fears might catch Richard's interest.

1980-10-18T23:00:00Z

2x03 Never Be Alone

2x03 Never Be Alone

  • 1980-10-18T23:00:00Z30m

Audrey agrees to help Richard catalog his antique china collection, then becomes the prime suspect when a valuable piece goes missing.

1980-10-25T23:00:00Z

2x04 Tramps and Poachers

2x04 Tramps and Poachers

  • 1980-10-25T23:00:00Z30m

A wandering itinerant laborer pits Audrey and Richard against each other in a contest to show that each is the most charitable towards him.

1980-11-02T00:00:00Z

2x05 The Honours List

2x05 The Honours List

  • 1980-11-02T00:00:00Z30m

Richard upsets Audrey again, this time by proposing to cut down the estate's ancient hedgerows in order to increase the amount of farmable acreage, and Audrey leads a local protest to stop him.

Season Finale

1980-11-09T00:00:00Z

2x06 Vive Le Sport

Season Finale

2x06 Vive Le Sport

  • 1980-11-09T00:00:00Z30m

Audrey learns firsthand the horrors of the national healthcare system when she injures her back and her private doctor refuses to treat her due to her unpaid bills, and refers her to the public clinic.

Meanwhile, Richard, who's never skied in his life, learns the folly of pretending to the world that he's an expert on skis.

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