7.5/1090 votesLoading...#1 - 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.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan
Writer: Peter Spence
7.5/1062 votesLoading...#2 - The Spare Room
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/1980
Audrey gleefully sets up a blind date between Richard and an old school chum of hers who was always dumpy and unattractive, then does everything in her power to prevent it when she finds out that her old friend is now an attactive single woman who she fears might catch Richard's interest.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Spence
7.6/1079 votesLoading...#3 - 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.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan
Writer: Peter Spence
7.6/1078 votesLoading...#4 - 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.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan
Writer: Peter Spence
7.6/1067 votesLoading...#5 - The Honours List
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/1980
Richard upsets Audrey again, this time by proposing to cut down the estate's ancient hedgerows in order to increase the amount of farmable acreage, and Audrey leads a local protest to stop him.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Spence
7.6/1068 votesLoading...#6 - Horse vs Cars
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/1981
A repair bill for Audrey's Rolls-Royce finally convinces her to revert to four-legged horsepower.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Spence
7.7/1089 votesLoading...#7 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Spence
7.7/1066 votesLoading...#8 - The New Farm Manager
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/1980
Richard sends Audrey over the edge yet again as he brings in an efficiency expert to try to modernize every aspect of the estate's management, and sending everything and everyone into varying states of chaos.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Spence
7.7/1066 votesLoading...#9 - Vive Le Sport
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1980
Audrey learns firsthand the horrors of the national healthcare system when she injures her back and her private doctor refuses to treat her due to her unpaid bills, and refers her to the public clinic. Meanwhile, Richard, who's never skied in his life, learns the folly of pretending to the world that he's an expert on skis.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Spence
7.7/1071 votesLoading...#10 - Scout Hut
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/18/1981
Richard, leading the local Boy Scout troup, and Audrey, heading the local Girl Guides group, nearly come to blows as they compete for their troups' rights to use the building both groups must share.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Spence
7.7/1066 votesLoading...#11 - Station Closing
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/1981
When Audrey learns of plans to close the local railway station, she leads a protest to save it. Meanwhile, Richard plans to buy the site so he can tear down the station and build a new grocery store in its place.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Spence
7.8/10107 votesLoading...#12 - 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.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan
Writer: Peter Spence
7.8/1085 votesLoading...#13 - 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.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan
Writer: Peter Spence
7.8/1077 votesLoading...#14 - The First Noel
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/25/1979
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.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan
Writer: Peter Spence
7.8/1068 votesLoading...#15 - Never Be Alone
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/1980
Audrey agrees to help Richard catalog his antique china collection, then becomes the prime suspect when a valuable piece goes missing.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Spence
7.8/1072 votesLoading...#16 - Tramps and Poachers
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1980
A wandering itinerant laborer pits Audrey and Richard against each other in a contest to show that each is the most charitable towards him.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Spence
7.8/1070 votesLoading...#17 - Birds Vs Bees
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/8/1981
Audrey starts a business selling honey. A rare bee-eating bird spotted by Marjorie brings lots of people to the village. Audrey sees this as an ideal opportunity to sell her honey.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Spence
7.9/1071 votesLoading...#18 - 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.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan
Writer: Peter Spence
8.0/1068 votesLoading...#19 - Cosmetics
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/1981
Richard must get Audrey to agree to pose as his wife for a weekend so he can fend off the amorous attentions of a cosmetics businesswoman who has decided to visit the estate.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Spence
8.2/1068 votesLoading...#20 - Connections in High Places
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/1981
The stockholders of Richard's company conspire to throw him off the board of directors, and Audrey asks her rich uncle to help him fight off the threat.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Spence
8.5/1087 votesLoading...#21 - Back to the Manor
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/29/1981
Richard loses control of his company when his main supporter, Audrey's rich uncle, dies suddenly, and Richard is forced to sell most of his assets, including Grantleigh Manor.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of To the Manor Born
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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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One
Worst Episodes Summary
"Going to Church" is the worst rated episode of "To the Manor Born". It scored 7.5/10 based on 90 votes. Directed by Gareth Gwenlan and written by Peter Spence, it aired on 10/14/1979. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Spare Room".