To the Manor Born (1979)
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Daphne Oxenford as Mrs. Polouvicka
Episodes 13
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Christmas Special
Richard and Audrey compete in supplying the traditional Christmas crèche to the village church, and the question soon becomes which offer is more ridiculous her homemade monstrosity or his crassly commercial model?
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreNever Be Alone
Audrey agrees to help Richard catalog his antique china collection, then becomes the prime suspect when a valuable piece goes missing.
Read MoreTramps 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreVive 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.
Read MoreStation Closing
When Audrey learns of plans to close the local railway station, she leads a protest to save it. Meanwhile, Richard plans to buy the site so he can tear down the station and build a new grocery store in its place.
Read MoreHorse vs Cars
A repair bill for Audrey's Rolls-Royce finally convinces her to revert to four-legged horsepower.
Read MoreBirds Vs Bees
Audrey starts a business selling honey. A rare bee-eating bird spotted by Marjorie brings lots of people to the village. Audrey sees this as an ideal opportunity to sell her honey.
Read MoreConnections in High Places
The stockholders of Richard's company conspire to throw him off the board of directors, and Audrey asks her rich uncle to help him fight off the threat.
Read MoreBack to the Manor
Richard loses control of his company when his main supporter, Audrey's rich uncle, dies suddenly, and Richard is forced to sell most of his assets, including Grantleigh Manor.
Read MoreFunny Turns - Penelope Keith
A 30 minute documentary highlighting the career of British leading actress Penelope Keith.
Read MoreA Conversation with Peter Spence
An Interview with Peter Spence (Script Writer)
Read More25th Anniversary Special
It is now a quarter of a century since we last heard from Grantleigh Manor. That was the day that the indomitable Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton, the dispossessed Lady of the Manor, finally got round to marrying Richard Devere, her usurper and supermarket tycoon of Czechoslovakian stock. It was a perfect love match, yet their romance was never less than a tempestuous on-off affair due to their one-and-only source of disagreement - which was pretty well everything.
Audrey and Richard are still living in the Manor. Marjory lives in The Lodge. Richard and Audrey's 25th wedding anniversary is coming up so there is a party to plan. But before that, there is the local two in hand horse trial to conquer as well as Audrey's nephew (Alexander Armstrong) to attend to. But Richard has a secret which threatens to destroy the community, a happy marriage and a lifetime of friendships.
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