Peter Spence
Director
To the Manor Born (1979)
Series 2
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.
Released Sept. 30, 1979
Episode 30 min
10+
Genres: Comedy
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Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S2E1 - The New Farm Manager
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.
Oct. 5, 1980, midnight
S2E2 - The Spare Room
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.
Oct. 12, 1980, midnight
S2E3 - Never Be Alone
Audrey agrees to help Richard catalog his antique china collection, then becomes the prime suspect when a valuable piece goes missing.
Oct. 19, 1980, midnight
S2E4 - Tramps and Poachers
A wandering itinerant laborer pits Audrey and Richard against each other in a contest to show that each is the most charitable towards him.
Oct. 26, 1980, midnight
S2E5 - The Honours List
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.
Nov. 2, 1980, midnight
S2E6 - Vive Le Sport
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.
Nov. 9, 1980, midnight
Watch Trailer
BBC One
30 min/ep
630 min
Sept. 30, 1979
Nov. 29, 1981, midnight
Ended
TV-PG / 10+
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