List of To the Manor Born episodes

Richard DeVere, the millionaire founder of "Cavendish Foods", visits Grantleigh to be shown round Grantleigh Manor Lodge by estate agent J.J. Anderson. Richard is disapointed with it, and instead insists of being shown round the manor house, while the Lady of the Manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton is at her husband Marton's funeral. Audrey is delighted with Marton's death as she can now run the estate, however her solicitor Arnold Plunkett tells her during the reception that the Manor will have to be sold to pay off the mounting debts. She fails to buy it back at the auction when Richard out bids her.^[10][11][12] 

Marjory helps Audrey to pack before leaving the Manor, while Richard and his mother, who complains about moving house again, drive to Grantleigh. Audrey moves into the Lodge at the end of the drive. Later that day, on the pretence of needing sugar, Richard's mother visits the Lodge and has tea with Audrey. She tells Audrey that Richard was born Bedrich Polouvicki and came over from Czechoslovakia in 1939. Back at the Manor, Richard tells Mrs. Poo that he needs a social secretary and she suggests Audrey, not knowing she used to occupy the Manor. When Audrey and Richard next meet, they bet each other £50 on whether Richard will convince the woman from the Lodge to become his secretary. When Richard later visits the Lodge, he discovers that it is Audrey who lives there.^[10][11][12] 

On his first Sunday at Grantleigh, Richard fails to turn up at church, to Audrey's annoyance. She goes to lecture him on his duties and responsiblities as Lord of the Manor. Later, Mrs. Poo insists that Richard invite Audrey for dinner and she accepts on the condition he will accompany her to church the following day, Sunday. He agrees, however, the following morning Audrey turns up at church as the service is ending, having forgotten to put her grandfather clock, recently mended by Old Ned, one hour forward.^[10][11][12] 

When Audrey sees Richard throw out an Adam fireplace, she goes to the Manor and lectures him about preserving the nation's heritage. She also mentions how her mantelpiece is very small. When Audrey returns from the Manor, Marjory and Brabinger have discovered a beautiful antique Inglenook hearth fireplace, which was revealed while Brabinger was installing a bell. The following day, Audrey spends the day with Richard, first helping him chose a horse and then dining out with him. When they get back, Richard shows her that while they were out he has had installed in her Drawing Room, as a thank you, the Adam fireplace he throw out, covering the Inglenook hearth discovered the day before.^[10][11][12] 

At Mrs. Patterson's shop, Audrey talks to the Brigadier about the Summer Hunt Ball, which is always held at the Manor. Audrey refuses to organise it as she normally does, although she has sent out the invitations. She wants Richard to come to her on "bended knee", however, he instead asks Marjory. A furious Audrey takes over, which was Richard's intention, but Marjory contiues to organise it as well. On the day, Audrey and Marjory argue about a footbridge on the estate, which Audrey told Ned not to fix, contrary to Marjory's orders. When Audrey finds out that Marjory is going to the Ball as Richard's partner, she refuses to go and plays Scrabble with Brabinger instead. Richard visits her later on to apologise, but when he leaves Audrey directs him to the damaged footbridge.^[10][11][12] 

When Mrs. Poo complains of being bored, Richard agrees to holding a party. At the party, rumours spread that Richard has suspicious business dealings and everyone tells Audrey that she should take a holiday Shortly after, Audrey pretends to go on holiday to Málaga, with only Brabinger knowing she is really hiding at the Lodge. While she is 'on holiday', rumours spread when Marjory and Richard are seen going behind her house each evening, but they are actually watching badgers. When she 'returns' from holiday, Audrey gives a party and on the terrace Richard tells her he saw her in the Lodge while she was meant to be in Málaga. He agrees to keep quiet if she stops spreading the rumours about his suspicious business dealings.^[10][11][12] 

Audrey is having money problems, and on her first ever visit to a supermarket, a "Cavendish Foods" store, she gives Polly, the cashier, a cheque she knows will bounce. In an attempt to appear more English, Richard is starring in an advert for "Fauntleroy's Old English Tonic" being filmed at the Manor. Audrey is curious to know what is going on and send Brabinger over to find out; he is then asked to play the butler in the advert. Later, the director Bob Roberts (Blain Fairman) goes to the Lodge to ask to use Audrey's Rolls Royce. She then tells him that the Manor is not Richard's ancestral home, but her's, which makes him worried about what the sponsors will say. A few days later, Audrey arrives at the Manor to take Richard to the Lord Lieutenant's charity gala, and then advert appears on the television, with Audrey not Richard.^[10][11][12] 

With the fforbes-Hamilton's always providing the church's crib, Audrey, Marjory and Old Ned, who is acting as Audrey's butler while Brabinger is visiting his grandaughter, make a crib. However, when they go to place it in the Church, Richard, having been asked by the Rector, has installed a brand new Cribb. After an initial argument, both favour the other's Cribb, but the Rector decides upon Richard's. On Christmas Day, Audrey and Marjory are both bored at the Lodge, having declinced invitations to the Manor. Later in the day, an equally bored Richard and Mrs. Poo arrive at the Lodge, whereupon Audrey suggests they play Sardines.^[10][11][13] 

Richard wants to make the Estate more efficient and more profitable, so employs a new Farm Manager, Mr Spalding. Brabinger is away due to illness, so Ned takes his place temporally while Richard renovates his tied cottage. Audrey suspects Richard wants to get rid of Ned, so has a dinner party to prove how awful his cooking is. 

Audrey and Margory's old school friend, Diana ("Podge Hodge"), comes to stay after her divorce, but due to Audrey's leaky roof, she has to stay at the Manor, where she gets on well with Richard. 

Margory goes away on residential course to produce Antony and Cleopatra, and this leaves Audrey so bored and lonely she invites tradesman round to give her free estimates. Richard has bought a £40,000 vase from Christie's, and it goes missing the day after he gets it home. Guest starring Roger Brierley. 

Arthur Smith, a tramp, makes his annual visit to the Estate, and Richard is forced to put him up while he does work on the Grantleigh Estate. Richard and the game keeper are trying to catch a poacher on the Estate. 

As part of effort to modernise Grantleigh, Richard wants to get destroy the hedgerows to enlarge the fields. Audrey leads the rest of the community to stop this, until she discovers that someone is going to receive an honour in the New Year's Honours List. 

After injuring her back, Audrey's private doctor refuses to see her as she hasn't paid her bills, so she is forced to go to the NHS. Meanwhile, Richard is learning to ski before he goes on holiday, and he asks Audrey to go with him. Guest starring Celia Imrie. 

Just after Audrey, as County Commissioner for the Girl Guides, leaves the scout hut with the Vicar, the building collapses. Richard decides to 'anonymously' donate a new scout hut, which everyone finds out thanks to the cub leader, Mr Spalding. Richard and Audrey have a picnic together, and get back just in time to see the scout raft race. 

The local railway station is to be closed, so Audrey launches a campaign to save it. Richard, however, secretly buys it and plans to turn it into a cash and carry. Then British Rail decide to keep the station open after all to service a new school, but Richard soon finds a new site. Guest starring Richard Thorp, Bruce Bould and William Moore. 

While Richard takes lessons in his new helicopter, Audrey can't afford to have her Rolls Royce mended, so while looking after the stables for Mrs Proctor, she uses a horse instead. Guest starring Gordon Peters. 

In an attempt to make money, Audrey starts keeping bees. Then a rare bird, a bee-eater, turns up on the Estate and it has to be guarded from twitchers, and Audrey's honey suddenly starts selling quickly. 

Richard is trying to get a lucrative deal with the head of a cosmetics firm, Mademoiselle Dutoit (Rula Lenska), who propositions him, so he invents a wife to get him out of the situation. Audrey agrees to act the part, when, Mademoiselle Dutoit comes to stay for the weekend, while Margory pretends to be Audrey. 

The Board of Directors at Cavendish Foods are fighting Richard over his plans for a refrigeration plant in Argentina, and he is about to be removed as Chairman, until a cousin of Audrey's mother, Greville Hartley (Ballard Berkeley) intervenes. Guest starring Peter Penry-Jones and John Barron. 

After Uncle Greville's sudden death, Richard has to sell the Manor so he can finance the refrigeration plant. In the auction, Audrey uses the money left to her in Uncle Greville's will to buy back the Manor, and then asks Richard to marry her. Guest starring Peter Penry-Jones and Daniel Chatto. 

As Richard and Audrey prepare to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary, they both plan a surprise party for the other. However, before their anniversary, Audrey leaves Richard when he tells her that he owns "Farmer Tom", a supermarket supplier company that has put many neighbouring estates out of business. Audrey then stays with Marjory at the Lodge and Richard goes to his mother's grave to ask for help. He then arranges for a rock concert to be held on Grantleigh and an neighbouring estate owned by Archie Pennington-Booth, who has nearly gone bankrupt due to "Farmer Tom". The Manor is soon left with no staff, when Audrey gives them time off and Emmeridge moves to the Lodge. Richard goes to the Magistrates' Court to applying for a licence for the concert. Audrey, who is strongly against holding a rock concert on the estate, is in Court and hears Richard tell the magistrate (Georgie Glen) that he has changed his mind and will no longer hold the concert. However, this still does not make Audrey forgive him. The following day, their anniversary, Marjory leads Audrey to the Manor where Richard has arranged a surprise party, and she forgives him.