To The Manor Born. Image shows from L to R: Audrey fforbes-Hamilton (Penelope Keith), Richard DeVere (Peter Bowles). Copyright: BBC
To The Manor Born

To The Manor Born

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1979 - 2007
  • 22 episodes (3 series)

Riches-to-rags-to-riches romantic tale of Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved stately home to pay off her late husband's debts. Stars Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Gerald Sim, John Rudling and more.

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25th Anniversary Special

To The Manor Born. Image shows from L to R: Audrey fforbes-Hamilton (Penelope Keith), Richard DeVere (Peter Bowles). Copyright: BBC
Audrey and Richard's 25th wedding anniversary is coming up, so there is a party to plan at Grantleigh Manor. The scene is set for a great night until an extraordinary confession gets in the way.

Notes

The first edition of To The Manor Born for 26 years, written by its creator, Peter Spence.

Episode made in association with Arlington Productions.

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 25th December 2007
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 16th December 2009 9:00pm Gold
Wednesday 8th December 2010 7:45pm Gold
Saturday 18th December 2010 8:50pm Gold
Saturday 19th November 2011 10:15am Gold
Saturday 19th November 2011 2:45pm Gold
Sunday 18th December 2011 7:50pm Gold
Monday 19th December 2011 12:35pm Gold
Wednesday 28th December 2011 12:15pm Gold
Thursday 29th December 2011 8:40am Gold
Saturday 8th December 2012 6:25pm Gold
Sunday 9th December 2012 2:45pm Gold
Friday 29th March 2013 1:40pm Gold
Saturday 30th March 2013 7:45am Gold
Saturday 25th May 2013 8:25am Gold
Saturday 25th May 2013 1:00pm Gold
Friday 21st June 2013 7:50pm Gold
Friday 13th December 2013 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 14th December 2013 7:00am Gold
Sunday 28th September 2014 7:45pm Gold
Saturday 6th December 2014 4:40pm Gold
Sunday 7th December 2014 12:00pm Gold
Tuesday 23rd December 2014 5:40pm Drama
Wednesday 24th December 2014 4:25pm BBC2
Sunday 15th March 2015 12:50pm Gold
Sunday 3rd May 2015 10:15am Gold
Friday 11th December 2015 7:55pm Gold
Saturday 12th December 2015 12:35pm Gold
Sunday 20th December 2015 7:20pm BBC2
Friday 25th December 2015 6:40pm Drama
Wednesday 14th December 2016 10:35am Gold
Wednesday 14th December 2016 4:45pm Gold
Tuesday 27th December 2016 6:40pm Drama
Thursday 16th February 2017 8:40am Gold
Thursday 16th February 2017 2:00pm Gold
Friday 17th February 2017 8:40am Gold
Friday 17th February 2017 2:00pm Gold
Friday 17th November 2017 11:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 18th November 2017 4:50pm Yesterday
Monday 4th December 2017 10:35am Gold
Monday 4th December 2017 3:40pm Gold
Saturday 23rd December 2017 5:20pm Drama
Monday 6th May 2019 8:35am Drama
Saturday 25th May 2019 3:00pm Drama
Saturday 28th September 2019 7:00am Drama
Monday 25th November 2019 2:00am Drama

Cast & crew

Cast
Penelope Keith Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
Peter Bowles Richard DeVere
Angela Thorne Marjory Frobisher
Gerald Sim The Rector
Guest cast
Alan David Emmeridge
Alexander Armstrong Adam fforbes-Hamilton
Michael Cochrane Archie Pennington-Booth
Georgie Glen Panel Chairman
Gabriel Pac Czech Labourer
Maz Nieviarovski Czech Labourer
David Hedges Sgt. Trubshaw
Judith Street Cleaning Lady
Writing team
Peter Spence Writer
Paul Mayhew-Archer Script Editor
Production team
Gareth Gwenlan Director
Gareth Gwenlan Producer
Justin Davies Producer
Jon Plowman Executive Producer
Chris Wadsworth Editor
Ronnie Hazlehurst Composer
David Hitchcock Production Designer
Graham Jarvis Composer

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