To the Manor Born

Penelope Keith stars in the much-loved sitcom about an aristocrat forced to part with her family home.

When her husband's death leaves her financially strapped Audrey fforbes-Hamilton has no choice but to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate. With butler Brabinger in tow she decamps to the tiny Old Lodge cottage where she keeps a close - and disapproving - eye on the new squire: the nouveau riche Richard DeVere a wholesale food magnate of Czech descent. In these ten episodes Audrey attempts to educate the usurper in the ways of the Lord of the Manor - but as she tries to put DeVere in his place she discovers he's no pushover...