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.
Cast: Peter Bowles, Penelope Keith, Angela Thorne, Daphne Oxenford, Michael Bilton, Gerald Sim, John Rudling, Daphne Heard
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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...
February 23, 2022
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.
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Seasons
21
Episodes
30m
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1979
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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.
3
21
No, it ended in 1981.
September 30, 1979
Peter Spence
Peter Bowles, Penelope Keith, Angela Thorne
Comedy
BBC One
