The Duchess of Duke Street Season 2

(1977) September - December | # of Episodes : 16

Ratings

7.9

8.4

Series Details

Seasons: 2

Total Episodes: 31

Creators: John Hawkesworth

Networks: BBC One

Status: Ended

First Air Date: Sep 4, 1976

Recent Air Date: Dec 24, 1977

Run Time: m

In Production: No

Original Language: English

Age Rating: NR

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Main Cast

Richard Vernon

Major Smith-Barton

Age : 72 | Popularity : 7%

Gemma Jones

Louisa Trotter

Age : 81 | Popularity : 16%

Christopher Cazenove

Charles Tyrrell

Age : 64 | Popularity : 6%

Episodes

Episode 1

03 September 1977 - Family Matters

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.

Episode 2

10 September 1977 - Poor Catullus

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.

Episode 3

17 September 1977 - A Lesson in Manners

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.

Episode 4

24 September 1977 - Winter Lament

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

Episode 5

01 October 1977 - The Passing Show

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

Episode 6

08 October 1977 - Your Country Needs You

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 .

Episode 7

15 October 1977 - The Patriots

Louisa is concerned when a government official informs her that the Bentinck has become a spies nest and implicates a member of her staff.

Episode 8

22 October 1977 - The Reluctant Warrior

When the hotel sustains damage after it's grazed by a bomb, Ethel takes a shine to a conscientious objector, assigned to ferret out a potential UXB. Though nobody was injured, Starr, sadly, loses his beloved pooch in the rubble.

Episode 9

29 October 1977 - Tea and a Wad

Louisa brings a bit of England to France when the Major enlists her to fashion a tea and sandwich shop, military style and Charlie (Lord Haslemere) and an ecstatic Luisa agree to marry once the 'guns are silent.'

Episode 10

05 November 1977 - Shadows

Charlie returns to London and the Bentinck when he's been wounded and puts on a cheerful and brave face, but his situation is far more serious, as Louisa and the Major suspected.

Episode 11

12 November 1977 - Where There's a Will

With the war at an end, Louisa is at the precipice of an emotional collapse and financial ruin.

Episode 12

19 November 1977 - The Legion of the Living

Ghosts of Visits to Yorkshire Past interfere with key decisions Louisa must make in the present, chiefly, deciding what will be best for her daughter, Lottie and her future.

Episode 13

03 December 1977 - Lottie

While a few of the staff know of Lottie's origins, others have set their tongues wagging about just why this young girls seems to be staying at the Bentinck. Louisa wont put up with it and sets out to end the gossip. Mary meanwhile takes an interest in her and invites her to tea with her friend Brian, the violin player. He immediately takes an interest in Lottie and grates at the constant stream of orders from Mary.

Episode 14

10 December 1977 - Blossom Time

Lottie returns to the Bentinck from finishing school in Switzerland for a bit of a holiday and has her art teacher, Miss Olive Bradford, in tow. Lottie has become quite the young lady, having learned the rules of high society and losing her Yorkshire accent. The Major takes quite an interest in Miss Bradford but Louisa warns him that she is an old maid who may be out to get her hooks into him. Lottie also finds a beau, hotel guest Howard Blenkiron who takes an interest in her from their first meeting.

Episode 15

17 December 1977 - Poor Little Rich Girl

Louisa and Lottie are at loggerheads -- Louisa wants her daughter to be a proper lady, as befits the daughter of a Viscount. Lottie is confident that she has the talent and the looks to become a major musical star of the London stage.

Episode 16

24 December 1977 - Ain't We Got Fun

Change is in the air at the hotel and in the lives of its many residents. An American writer, Sophie Applegate, would like to pen a book about Louisa's life, successes and failures. Louise isn't all that keen on the venture but eventually rises to the occasion and opens up about her past.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	John Hawkesworth
Production	Producer	John Hawkesworth
Department	Role	Name

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