The Duchess of Duke Street

1. E1. Family Matters

   Sep 3, 1977 · 50m

   Louisa's only brother, ne'er do well Arthur, returns to London after a decade. Her mother pressures Louisa into offering him a job at the Bentinck, running the risk of alienating the rest of her staff.

2. E2. Poor Catullus

   Sep 10, 1977 · 50m

   When two high spirited Oxford students play a prank on Louisa, she goes along with the fun and finds a Professor of Classics pitching the woo to her. Meanwhile, Lord and Lady Haslemere come down from Yorkshire to shop for their London home.

3. E3. A Lesson in Manners

   Sep 17, 1977 · 50m

   Louisa takes a callow chauffeur in tow and tries to turn him into a 'proper gentleman,' when his kind, elderly and wealthy employer dies suddenly and leaves him the bulk of her estate.

4. E4. Winter Lament

   Sep 24, 1977 · 50m

   Louisa visits Lord and Lady Haslemere in Yorkshire and finds a bleak and desperately unhappy household.

5. E5. The Passing Show

   Oct 1, 1977 · 50m

   Louisa urges Charlie to get on with his life and a smooth and very suave actor beds Violet, who promptly gets the sack.

6. E6. Your Country Needs You

   Oct 8, 1977 · 50m

   With the outbreak of the Great War, the staff are galvanized to help in the effort and keep the hotel running as usual. Louisa takes in a Belgian refugee, a master pastry chef. Charlie enlists and leaves a worried Louisa as he departs for France .

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