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The Best Episodes of The Duchess of Duke Street

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The Best Episodes of The Duchess of Duke Street

Set in London between 1900 and 1925, the story follows Louisa Leyton/Trotter, the eponymous "Duchess", who works her way up from servant to renowned cook...

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    #1 - A Present Sovereign

    S1:E1

    A feisty, determined, kind hearted young woman embarks on her career 'to be the best cook in England,' when she's employed in the London home of a well connected aristocrat.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - Honour and Obey

    S1:E2

    Hardly flattered and severely compromised, Louisa has caught the eye of the Prince of Wales and is pressed into marrying Augustus Trotter.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #3 - A Nice Class of Premises

    S1:E3

    All bets are off when HRH becomes His Majesty, King Edward VII and Louisa and Augustus must plan what lies ahead for them.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #4 - The Bargain

    S1:E4

    Heavily in debt, Louisa is on a juggernaut that lands in her in the hospital, after she collapses from exhaustion. But, that handsome devil and consoling angel, Charlie Tyrrell, devises a plan to save her hotel.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #5 - A Bed of Roses

    S1:E5

    With Charlie Tyrell now in residence as the first guest, the hotel is now officially open to the public. Louisa has set a high standard for herself and is relying on word of mouth among the right kind of people to bring in the clientèle. Charlie invites an attractive, but married, woman for dinner in his rooms only to have her leave when she realizes she is the only guest. He invites Louisa to join him and unexpectedly, they soon are lovers. When Charlie must leave for America, Louisa is heartbroken but she also is pregnant. At the appropriate time, she leaves the hotel with Mary in charge to go and give birth. Soon Charlie is back and completely unaware of what has been going on, tracks her down. He also has a proposition on how to care for their child

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    Director:Unknown
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    #6 - For Love or Money

    S1:E6

    A con artist, posing as a Baron, dupes a greedy American guest and seduces a lonely young bride, as a vigilant and intrigued Louisa monitors his every move.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #7 - A Lady of Virtue

    S1:E7

    A Liberal politician convinces a colleague that he can seduce a married lady of impeccable virtue.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #8 - Trouble and Strife

    S1:E8

    A woman from Starr's past, down on her luck, begs him to use his influence to obtain a job for her at the Bentinck.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #9 - The Outsiders

    S1:E9

    When a kindly, but modest man asks for a room at the Bentinck Hotel, he is given the short shrift. However when Louisa and Charlie find out the reason for his visit, he is treated like a visiting dignitary.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #10 - Lottie's Boy

    S1:E10

    A handsome young guest creates a rift between Mary and Louisa and persuades the Major to invest the remainder of his inheritance in a very risky venture.

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    #11 - No Letters, No Lawyers

    S1:E11

    A wily journalist poses as a temporary porter and gathers information on Louisa that could destroy her personal and professional life.

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    #12 - A Matter of Honour

    S1:E12

    Charlie is shocked to learn that one of his closest friends, Lord Elleston, arranged for his horse to lose at Ascot.

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    #13 - One Night's Grace

    S1:E13

    All are intrigued when an attractive young lady asks to see Lord Haslemere -- who is she, what does she want, and more to the point, what is she after?

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    Director:Unknown
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    #14 - Plain Sailing

    S1:E14

    Louisa turns the air blue, but hardly a sedate navy, when she buys a summer resort adjacent to a posh private club at Cowes.

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    #15 - A Test of Love

    S1:E15

    With the death of His Majesty, King Edward VII, an era ends for Britain and for Louisa Trotter. Pressing forward, however, Charlie Tyrell (Lord Haslemere) has proposed to lovely Margaret Rosslyn and the newlyweds leave the Bentinck to live in a suitable house and start a family.

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    #16 - Family Matters

    S2:E1

    Louisa's only brother, ne'er do well Arthur, returns to London after a decade. Her mother pressures Louisa into offering him a job at the Bentinck, running the risk of alienating the rest of her staff.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #17 - Poor Catullus

    S2:E2

    When two high spirited Oxford students play a prank on Louisa, she goes along with the fun and finds a Professor of Classics pitching the woo to her. Meanwhile, Lord and Lady Haslemere come down from Yorkshire to shop for their London home.

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    #18 - A Lesson in Manners

    S2:E3

    Louisa takes a callow chauffeur in tow and tries to turn him into a 'proper gentleman,' when his kind, elderly and wealthy employer dies suddenly and leaves him the bulk of her estate.

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    #19 - Winter Lament

    S2:E4

    Louisa visits Lord and Lady Haslemere in Yorkshire and finds a bleak and desperately unhappy household.

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    #20 - The Passing Show

    S2:E5

    Louisa urges Charlie to get on with his life and a smooth and very suave actor beds Violet, who promptly gets the sack.

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    #21 - Your Country Needs You

    S2:E6

    With the outbreak of the Great War, the staff are galvanized to help in the effort and keep the hotel running as usual. Louisa takes in a Belgian refugee, a master pastry chef. Charlie enlists and leaves a worried Louisa as he departs for France .

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    #22 - The Patriots

    S2:E7

    Louisa is concerned when a government official informs her that the Bentinck has become a spies nest and implicates a member of her staff.

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    #23 - The Reluctant Warrior

    S2:E8

    When the hotel sustains damage after it's grazed by a bomb, Ethel takes a shine to a conscientious objector, assigned to ferret out a potential UXB. Though nobody was injured, Starr, sadly, loses his beloved pooch in the rubble.

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    #24 - Tea and a Wad

    S2:E9

    Louisa brings a bit of England to France when the Major enlists her to fashion a tea and sandwich shop, military style and Charlie (Lord Haslemere) and an ecstatic Luisa agree to marry once the 'guns are silent.'

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    #25 - Shadows

    S2:E10

    Charlie returns to London and the Bentinck when he's been wounded and puts on a cheerful and brave face, but his situation is far more serious, as Louisa and the Major suspected.

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Best Episodes Summary

"A Present Sovereign" is the best rated episode of "The Duchess of Duke Street". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/4/1976. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Honour and Obey".