To the Manor Born

80s BBC sitcom starring Penelope Keith as Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton, a wealthy woman who is left bankrupt when her husband dies and has to sell her beloved Grantleigh Manor to Richard DeVere (Peter Bowles), a London businessman. She then moves into the Manor's lodge, where she can keep an eye on DeVere's activities at the Manor while she schemes to reclaim her ancestral home. Written by Peter Spence. Starring Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, John Rudling, Daphne Heard, Michael Bilton, and Gerald Sim. First broadcast on BBC1 in September 1979.