The BEST episodes of To the Manor Born season 1
Every episode of To the Manor Born season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of To the Manor Born season 1!
Lady Audrey fforbes-Hamilton has fallen on hard times since the death of her husband, Martin. Forced to sell Grantleigh Manor, which has been in her family for 400 years, she graciously adjusts to her new circumstances in The Lodge at the edge of the estate. With the Manor now occupied by supermarket magnate Richard DeVere and his elderly mother, "Mrs Poo". Audrey is soon annoyed that her position on the estate has been usurped - and by a man who represents everything Audrey regards as bad taste. It's clearly a love-hate relationship from the beginning, but between foiling DeVere's plans and bringing his ego down a notch or two, Audrey manages to stamp her authority on the running of the Manor while the faint whisper of romance echoes across the way.
#1 - The First Noel
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/25/1979
Richard and Audrey compete in supplying the traditional Christmas crib to the village church, and the question soon becomes which offer is more ridiculous - her homemade monstrosity or his crassly commercial model?
#2 - All New Together
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1979
The staff of Grantleigh Manor bid Audrey farewell with evident relief at her departure, only to find out the well kept secret of where she's moving--only a few hundred yards down the drive to the old gatekeeper's lodge, where she can still keep an eye on things and keep the new owner in his place.
#3 - A Touch of Class
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1979
Richard is chosen to star in a tv commercial as the quintessential English gentleman enjoying spirits at his country estate, but Audrey, who now knows Richard isn't English, reveals it to the producers and lands the starring role for herself.
#4 - The Summer Hunt Ball
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1979
Richard uses psychology to trick Audrey into organizing the annual Hunt Ball at Grantleigh, then becomes so distracted by ongoing business deals that he forgets to invite her to the Ball as his guest.
#5 - Grape Vine
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1979
No longer able to afford an annual holiday to an exotic locale, Audrey pretends to leave for Spain while actually hiding inside the lodge with a sunlamp and Spanish language records.
#6 - Nation's Heritage
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1979
Audrey is appalled at Richard's plans to remodel the Manor, including his removal of the old fireplaces, though she never especially liked them and only wants a chance to lecture him about respecting history and "put him in his place" yet again.
#7 - Going to Church
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1979
Audrey berates Richard for failing to attend church at the Manor chapel on his first Sunday at Grantleigh, as well as lecturing him about other duties she feels he's failing to live up to as the new lord of the manor.
#8 - Grantleigh
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1979
Newly-widowed Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, rejoicing in finding herself the sole owner of Grantleigh Manor Estate, is devastated to find out she must sell the estate to pay the debts left by her late husband, Marton.