TO THE MANOR BORN

 
   

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
As beneficiary of Grantleigh Manor, the snobbish Lady fforbes-Hamilton becomes a happy widower upon the death of her husband. But in the face of her late husband's creditors, bank, and the government, she can no longer afford to maintain the family's hold on the estate. Reluctantly, she sees it auctioned to Richard De Vere (formerly Bedrich Polouvicka), a millionaire bachelor of Czechoslovakian extraction who runs a multinational grocery business. With his mother he wastes no time in moving into the Manor.

Audrey is annoyed at her new position on the estate, and she is forced to move, with butler, to the Manor lodge. DeVere represents everything Audrey regards as bad taste. Their differences of background, breeding and behavior are at once infuriating and endearing. Their relationship, unusual to say the least, provides an endless stream of humorous escapades, the caliber of which, is truly 'high class'.

CAST
Penelope Keith (as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton)
Peter Bowles (as Richard De Vere)
Angela Thorne (as Marjory Frobisher)
John Rudling (as Brabinger)
Daphne Heard (as Maria Polouvicka, Mrs. Poo)
Michael Bilton (as Ned)
Gerald Sim as (The Rector)

PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Written by Peter Spence, Christopher Bond
Directed and Produced by Gareth Gwenlan

DURATION
20 x 30' & 1 special

 

       
     

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