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The Best Episodes of To the Manor Born Season 1

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The Best Episodes of To the Manor Born Season 1

Sitcom about the love-hate relationship between upper-class Audrey fforbes Hamilton and Richard DeVere, the nouveau rich businessman who buys her manor house when she can...

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  1. 7.9/10(72 votes)

    #1 - A Touch of Class

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    S1:E7

    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.

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  2. 7.8/10(86 votes)

    #2 - Nation's Heritage

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    S1:E4

    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.

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  3. 7.8/10(81 votes)

    #3 - The First Noel

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    S1:E8

    Audrey and Richard engage in battle yet again, this time to see who can provide the best Christmas creche to the local church, Audrey with her homemade version or Richard with his commercially bought one.

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  4. 7.7/10(91 votes)

    #4 - All New Together

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    S1:E2

    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.

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  5. 7.7/10(80 votes)

    #5 - The Summer Hunt Ball

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    S1:E5

    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.

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  6. 7.6/10(109 votes)

    #6 - Grantleigh

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    S1:E1

    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.

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  8. 7.6/10(79 votes)

    #7 - Grape Vine

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    S1:E6

    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.

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  9. 7.5/10(91 votes)

    #8 - Going to Church

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    S1:E3

    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.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"A Touch of Class" is the best rated episode of "To the Manor Born" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 72 votes. Directed by Gareth Gwenlan and written by Peter Spence, it aired on 11/11/1979. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Nation's Heritage".