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All episodes written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft
All episodes written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft
Directed by
DAVID CROFT / ROY GOULD
Theme song composed by
JIMMY PERRY & ROY MOORE
Performed by BOB MONKHOUSE
and PAUL SHANE
NB Dates give are original
BBC 1 broadcast dates
All episodes are 50 minutes
duration unless indicated
| Regular cast: PAUL SHANE (Alf Stokes) JEFFREY HOLLAND (James Twelvetrees) SU POLLARD (Ivy Teasdale) DONALD HEWLETT (Lord George Meldrum) MICHAEL KNOWLES (Hon. Teddy Meldrum) BRENDA COWLING (Mrs. Blanche Lipton) BARBARA NEW (Mabel Wheeler) PERRY BENSON (Henry Livingstone) BILL PERTWEE (Constable Wilson) SUSIE BRANN (Miss Poppy) CATHERINE RABETT (Miss Cissy) MAVIS PUGH (Lady Lavender Southwick) FRANK WILLIAMS (Charles - The Bishop) ANGELA SCOULAR (Lady Agatha Shawcross) JOHN HORSLEY (Sir Ralph Shawcross) YVONNE MARSH (Madge Cartwright) |
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| PILOT EPISODE | |
| 1. YOU RANG M’LORD ? (29/12/88
REPEATED 7/1/90) one hour episode Guest
cast: |
London 1927: Alf Stokes and his daughter Ivy are given the boot from their jobs on the music halls, Alf decides that he has no option but to go back into service as a butler. When he arrives at the residence of Lord Meldrum some familiar faces await him... |
| SERIES ONE | |
| 2. THE PHANTOM SIGN WRITER (14/1/90) Guest
cast: |
Alf and Ivy are settled into their new jobs but thing’s soon start to hot up when Sir Ralph suspects that his wife is having an affair. Lord Meldrum’s car is vandalised - someone has daubed the word “fornicator” on the side which causes panic when the Bishop wants to use the vehicle... |
| 3. A DEED OF GIFT (21/1/90) Guest
cast: |
Lady Lavender sends for her solicitor, she instructs that her sharesin the Union Jack Rubber Company be given to Ivy. James is tortured by thoughts of Poppy after she asks to feel his muscles, then Lavender sends for her solicitor again... |
| 4. LOVE AND MONEY (28/1/90) Guest
cast: |
Lord Meldrum thinks that Lady Lavender has gone too far and wants her declared mentally unstable, whilst Teddy is determined to pay Ivy a visit in her room no matter how dangerous the route. A party thrown for Miss Cissy’s birthday brings a few surprises... |
| 5. FAIR SHARES (4/2/90) Guest
cast: |
Lady Lavender has promised Stokes her shares in the Union Jack Rubber Company and he sees this as a chance to set himself up for life. Meanwhile Ivy is in trouble for telling Sir Ralph about his wife’s indiscretions with Lord Meldrum... |
| 6. BEG, BORROW OR STEAL
(11/2/90) Guest cast: |
Alf is being blackmailed by the
local pawn broker into letting him burgle the house. Lord
Meldrum allows Cissy and Poppy to hold an evening of
progressive poetry in the dining room. At last the relationship between Alf and Ivy is revealed to James... |
| SERIES TWO | |
| 7. LABOUR OR LOVE (11/11/90) Guest
cast: |
Lord Meldrum gives Teddy an ultimatum - marry Madge Cartwright or be sent to work in his factory. Teddy thinks it’s a bluff but finds that his brother means every word. Alf discovers that Lady Lavender has got money stashed under her bed and schemes to relieve her of the burden. |
| 8. TROUBLE AT MILL (18/11/90) Guest
cast: |
The Prime Minister is coming to dinner but Alf’s thoughts are consumed by Lady Lavender’s money. At the factory Teddy’s flirtations with the girls causes a mass walk out... |
| 9. MONEY TALKS (25/11/90) Guest
cast: |
Lavender throws her money out of the window and into the street, naturally some of the money goes astray when Alf gets his hands on it... |
| 10. THE MELDRUM VASES (2/12/90) Guest
cast: |
Alf has hidden some money in one of his Lordship’s antique vases, unfortunately Lord Meldrum has donated three identical vases to the Bishop’s charity auction for Distressed Gentlewomen. James and Ivy are in a race to stop Alf retrieving the money. |
| 11. THE WOUNDS OF WAR (9//12/90) Guest
cast: |
To protect his employer, Alf tells Sir Ralph that Meldrum was wounded in the Artilley. Ivy is over the moon when James agrees to take her to the pictures. Mrs. Lipton is convinced that Alf’s divorce is being held up by his wife... |
| 12. STRANGER IN THE NIGHT (16/12/90) Guest
cast: |
James is embarrassed when his father arrives at the house on the run from the police. The servants decide to hide him until they can arrange for him to flee the country. |
| 13. ROYAL FLUSH (23/12/90) Guest
cast: |
Excitement runs through the household when it is announced that the King and Queen of Dalmatia are coming to dinner although Mrs. Lipton is upset to when she finds out she will not be doing the catering. In addition Noel Coward is expected to join them after the opening night of his new play. |
| SERIES THREE | |
| 14. PLEASE LOOK AFTER THE ORPHANS
(10/11/91) Guest cast: |
Alf is being pestered by Mrs. Lipton to finalise his divorce so he gets an old music hall friend to agree to pose as Mrs. Stokes. Meanwhile he has a brain wave to make some money by fooling Mrs Lipton into baking some cakes which she thinks are destined for the local orphanage. |
| 15. CURRENT AFFAIRS (17/11/91) Guest
cast: |
Alf continues to supply the Sunshine Pantry with Mrs Lipton’s cakes. Myrtle pays a visit to the house posing as Mrs. Stokes, but can she convince Mrs. Lipton ? |
| 16. MRS. LIPTON’S NASTY TURN
(24/11/91) Guest cast: |
Having discovered Alf’s deception and broken his Lordship's crockery in a fit of anger, Mrs. Lipton is left wondering if she still has a job. On a visit to the Sunshine Pantry, Ivy discovers the truth about Miss Potter’s cherry cake... |
| 17. MEET THE WORKERS (1/12/91) Guest
cast: |
Miss Poppy announces her engagement to Dickie Metcalfe but Alf smells a rat! Lord Meldrum is convinced that he must learn more about the lower classes before he can join the Board of Governors at the BBC, so he invites his factory workers to dinner and serves them with fish and chips... |
| 18. GRETNA GREEN OR BUST (8/12/91) Guest
cast: |
Miss Poppy and Dickie Metcalfe decide to marry in secret and elope to Gretna Green, the rest of the house hold set off in hot pursuit to try and stop them... |
| 19. THE NIGHT OF RECKONING (15/12/91) Guest
cast: |
Twelvetrees gets an offer to be butler for Sir Ralph and Mabel is on the verge of being evicted from her home. Meanwhile Alf comes up with a drastic solution to Teddy’s problem. |
| 20. A DAY IN THE COUNTRY (22/12/91) Guest
cast: |
Lord Meldrum decides he is going to treat the servants to a picnic in the country, when they arrive at Peabody Hall they find that Sir Ralph and Lady Agatha are there with their staff too. What a coincidence, or is it ? |
| SERIES FOUR | |
| 21. YES SIR, THAT’S MY BABY (20/3/93) Guest
cast: |
Miss Cissy leads the house into helping out at the local soup kitchen for the poor. Teddy is still trying to escape the romantic clutches of Madge Cartwright, this time Alf thinks he has the perfect solution. He traces all of Teddy’s illegitimate children and brings them to the house to face Madge. |
| 22. REQUIEM FOR A PARROT (27/3/93) Guest
cast: |
Lord Meldrum is intent on sending Teddy to his rubber plantation in Malaya, however the death of Lady Lavender’s parrot leads to some bizarre funeral arrangements. |
| 23. COME TO THE BALL (3/4/93) Guest
cast: |
Lord Meldrum decides to inspect the servants quarters and Mabel has found a purse containing five pounds. Then the staff are invited to a luxurious Ball where the employers have to wait upon their servants. |
| 24. THE TRUTH REVEALED (10/4/93) Guest
cast: |
Sir Ralph sacks Selfridge, his butler, who in turn tells him of his wife’s long standing affair with George Meldrum. Sir Ralph sets out for revenge and the staff have to ensure that a mysterious “accident” doesn’t befall their master. |
| 25. FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MELDRUM (17/4/93) Guest
cast: |
Meldrum is convinced that Ralph has put a curse on him, the rubber plantation in Malaya has been ravaged by the Bang Go Khan beetle. The family face financial ruin! |
| 26. WELL, THERE YOU ARE THEN...!
(24/4/93) Guest cast: |
Things look bleak for the Meldrum’s with most of their money lost on the stock market crash and the effects of the Bang Go Khan beetle. Cissy and Lavender try to save the situation but the servants have little choice but to look elsewhere for their futures... |
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