History Series / ToTheManorBorn

* TheTramp: Mr Smith, who comes to Grantleigh every year. His episode features him successfully begging money from Richard, then claiming to Audrey that Richard turned him away, doubling his take.

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* PunBasedTitle: On [[WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] "to the manner born."

* BigFancyHouse: Grantleigh Manor.

%%* BigFancyHouse: Grantleigh Manor.

%%* DefrostingIceQueen: Audrey.

%%* IceCreamKoan: Mrs Poo's 'old Czechoslovakian' sayings. Most are of the less obscure variety.
%%* ImpoverishedPatrician: Audrey.

%%* LastMinuteHookup

%%* OldRetainer: Brabinger, the butler.

%%* RoadSignReversal

%%* SlapSlapKiss: Audrey and Richard.

%%* TheTramp: Mr Smith.

%%* UpperClassTwit: Audrey.
%%* TheVicar: The Rector, who is a perfect example.
%%* VideoInsideFilmOutside

Late [[TheSeventies Seventies]], early [[TheEighties Eighties]] BritCom. UpperClassTwit Audrey fforbes-Hamilton (Penelope Keith) is forced to sell Grantleigh Manor, the BigFancyHouse which has been in her family for countless generations. To her horror, the historic estate is bought by Richard [=DeVere=] (Peter Bowles), a ''[[NouveauRiche nouveau riche]]'' supermarket magnate. To make sure he doesn't make a mess of things, she moves into a lodge in the front yard.

[[caption-width-right:300:Left - Peter Bowles as Richard [=DeVere=], right Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton]]
Late [[TheSeventies Seventies]], early [[TheEighties Eighties]] BritCom. UpperClassTwit Audrey fforbes-Hamilton is forced to sell Grantleigh Manor, the BigFancyHouse which has been in her family for countless generations. To her horror, the historic estate is bought by Richard [=DeVere=], a ''[[NouveauRiche nouveau riche]]'' supermarket magnate. To make sure he doesn't make a mess of things, she moves into a lodge in the front yard.

* BigFancyHouse: Grantleigh Manor.
* ChristmasEpisode
* DefrostingIceQueen: Audrey.
* FallenPrincess: Audrey.

* IceCreamKoan: Mrs Poo's 'old Czechoslovakian' sayings.
** Most are of the less obscure variety.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Audrey.

* LastMinuteHookup
* UsefulNotes/NationalHealthService: In one episode, Audrey throws her back out and is obliged to endure the indignity of making use of the National Health.

* OldRetainer: Brabinger, the butler.
* PreApprovedSermon

* RoadSignReversal

* SlapSlapKiss: Audrey and Richard.

* TheTramp: Mr Smith.
* UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry: The series was filmed in Somerset and also takes place there (in the fictional town of Marlbury, somewhere near Taunton).

* UpperClassTwit: Audrey.
* TheVicar: The Rector, who is a perfect example.
* VideoInsideFilmOutside
* WellIntentionedReplacement: The honey.
** In one episode, Richard bought Audrey a new [[TheAllegedCar Austin Metro]] to replace her expensive-to-run [[ImprobablyCoolCar 1930s Rolls-Royce]] when she considered selling the Rolls; she was offended by his thinking she needed charity and couldn't bring herself to sell the old car to a collector since he planned to rebody it.
* WidowWoman: Audrey, which she happens to be quietly delighted about!
** Subverted as of the finale - in which she and Richard happily marry.

'''Audrey:''' Of course: [[ExactWords I arranged it]].

[[caption-width-right:300:Left - Peter Bowles as Richard [=DeVere=], right Penelope Keight as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton]]

* PreppyName: Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, her late husband Marton (yes, spelled with an o), and her school friend Marjory Frobisher. Richard Devere is a subversion: his real name is foreign but he changed it specifically to invoke this.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Left - Peter Bowles as Richard [=DeVere=], right Penelope Keight as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton]]

* TheExtremistWasRight: Mrs Poo ''finally'' gets her wish to have Richard and Audrey marry.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Though this is a JustifiedTrope, as Richard is Eastern European and his real name is Bedrich Polouvicki. He came to Britain as a child in 1939.

As the series went on, Audrey became a DefrostingIceQueen and developed a SlapSlapKiss relationship with Richard. They had a LastMinuteHookup in the GrandFinale.

* TheWestCountry: The series was filmed in Somerset and also takes place there (in the fictional town of Marlbury, somewhere near Taunton).

* PunBasedTitle: On "to the manner born."

* NationalHealthService: In one episode, Audrey throws her back out and is obliged to endure the indignity of making use of the National Health.

Late [[TheSeventies Seventies]], early [[TheEighties Eighties]] BritCom. UpperClassTwit Audrey fforbes-Hamilton is forced to sell Grantleigh Manor, the BigFancyHouse which has been in her family for countless generations. To her horror, the historic estate is bought by Richard [=DeVere=], a ''nouveau riche'' supermarket magnate. To make sure he doesn't make a mess of things, she moves into a lodge in the front yard.

* AlphaBitch: Audrey
* BigFancyHouse: Grantleigh Manor
* DefrostingIceQueen: Audrey
* FallenPrincess: Audrey
* IceCreamKoan: Mrs Poo's 'old Czechoslovakian' sayings

* ImpoverishedPatrician: Audrey

* PunBasedTitle: On "to the manner born".

* UpperClassTwit: Audrey

* WellIntentionedReplacement: The honey

* NationalHealthService

* BigFancyHouse (Grantleigh Manor)
* DefrostingIceQueen (Audrey)
* FallenPrincess (Audrey, kind of)
* IceCreamKoan (Mrs Poo's 'old Czechoslovakian' sayings)

* ImpoverishedPatrician (Audrey)
* KissingCousins (Audrey's late husband, who died pre-series, was also her cousin)

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent (Justified: Richard is Eastern European and his real name is Bedrich Polouvicki, but he came to Britain as a child in 1939.)

* PunBasedTitle (on "to the manner born")

* UpperClassTwit (Audrey)
* TheVicar (The Rector)

* WellIntentionedReplacement (the honey)