TO THE MANOR BORN
To The Manor Born, is a British sitcom that first aired on BBC1 from 1979 to 1981; the first 20 episodes were written by Peter Spence, the creator, while the 1981 finale was written by Christopher Bond, the script associate. The title is a deliberate pun on the phrase "to the manner born," from Shakespeare's Hamlet. The programme proved popular and it received high audience figures for many of its episodes,
The series features Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton and Peter Bowles as Richard DeVere (Bedrich Polouvicki. The other main cast members in the original series are Angela Thorne (playing Audrey's old friend Marjory), John Rudling (Brabinger the butler) and Daphne Heard (Richard's mother, Mrs. Polouvicka). Hostile to each other at the start, Audrey and Richard grow closer During the course of the three series.
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