Episode Guide
Note: no episode titles or numbers are shown on-screen; they are numbered
here in the order in which they were aired on BBC1. Original air dates are
included for each episode.
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1 // 30 September 1979
- Just as Audrey takes sole possession of Grantleigh,
she discovers she is bankrupt and must sell it.
Episode 2 // 7 October, 1979
- The old order changes, as Audrey leaves Grantleigh
and Richard moves in--but it doesn't change much, as she doesn't move far.
Episode 3 // 14 October 1979
- Richard's first week at Grantleigh is a lesson
in the duties of the squire.
Episode 4 // 21 October 1979
- Renovations at the manor mean musical fireplaces
at the lodge; and Richard asks for Audrey's help.
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- Episode 5 // 28 October 1979
- The arrival of the Hunt Ball gives Audrey an
opportunity to show Richard how necessary she still is; but Richard has
a plan of his own.
Episode 6 // 4 November 1979
- Audrey's plan for a faux vacation gives Marjory
a chance to spend time with Richard.
Episode 7 // 11 November 1979
- Money woes are becoming acute at the lodge, as
Audrey is cut off at the grocers and the bank.
Episode 8 // 25 December 1979
- Christmas at Grantleigh gives Audrey another
grievance against Richard.
Episode 9 // 5 October 1980
- Ned is a rather poor substitute for an ailing
Brabinger, and when Richard hires a new farm foreman, Audrey fears she'll
be forever lumbered with the rustic butler.
Episode 10 // 12 October 1980
- An old school friend, much changed, arrives for
a weekend with Audrey and finds Richard at his most charming, and Audrey
at her most chagrined.
Episode 11 // 19 October 1980
- When a priceless antique vanishes from the manor,
Richard finds Audrey's behavior very suspicious.
Episode 12 // 26 October 1980
- Richard's tolerance of Audrey's insistence on
Grantleigh tradition is strained when she demands he take in a tramp.
Episode 13 // 2 November 1980
- Audrey has yet another grievance against Richard
when he fails to attend a lecture on nature conservancy.
Episode 14 // 9 November 1980
- When Audrey throws her back out, she is forced
to endure the embarrassment of the National Health Service.
Episode 15 // 18 October 1981
- Audrey's work with the Girl Guides has the expected
results.
Episode 16 // 25 October 1981
- When the local rail station announces plans to
close down, Audrey goes into action to save it; but Richard has plans of
his own.
Episode 17 // 1 November 1981
- When Audrey can't afford to repair her car, she
decides to wage a campaign against the automobile--just as Richard and
his mother scheme to buy her a new one.
Episode 18 // 8 November 1981
- Beekeeping, Audrey's latest money-making scheme,
falls afoul of Marjory's conservationist efforts when a rare bird sets
up shop near the apiary.
Episode 19 // 15 November 1981
- Audrey poses as Richard's wife to help him land
a big cosmetics account for Cavendish.
Episode 20 // 22 November 1981
- When Richard's board of directors threatens to
oust him from the chairmanship of Cavendish Foods, Audrey steps in with
some help from her family.
Episode 21 // 29 November 1981
- Audrey's uncle dies suddenly, leaving Richard
without help in his battle for Cavendish Foods--but Audrey is left with
the last laugh.
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