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To the Manor Born

1979 Christmas Special (#1979)

Richard and Audrey feud over who will provide the creche to decorate the village church for the holidays. Brabinger is away visiting his sister.

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Program Description: As beneficiary of Grantleigh Manor, the snobbish Lady fforbes-Hamilton becomes a happy widower upon the death of her husband. But in the face of her late husband's creditors, bank, and the government, she can no longer afford to maintain the family's hold on the estate. Reluctantly, she sees it auctioned to Richard De Vere (formerly Bedrich Polouvicka), a millionaire bachelor of Czechoslovakian extraction who runs a multinational grocery business. With his mother he wastes no time in moving into the manor.

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