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'''''To the Manor Born''''' is a late [[The Seventies|Seventies]], early [[The Eighties|Eighties]] [[Britcom]]. [[Upper Class Twit]] Audrey fforbes-Hamilton is forced to sell Grantleigh Manor, the [[Big Fancy House]] 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.

As the series went on, Audrey became a [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] and developed a [[Slap Slap Kiss]] relationship with Richard. They had a [[Last-Minute Hookup]] in the [[Grand Finale]].

Came twenty-first in ''[[Britain's Best Sitcom]]''.

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* [[Big Fancy House]]: Grantleigh Manor.
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Audrey.
* [[Fallen Princess]]: Audrey, kind of.
* [[Ice Cream Koan]]: Mrs Poo's 'old Czechoslovakian' sayings.
** Most are of the less obscure variety.
* [[Impoverished Patrician]]: Audrey.
* [[Kissing Cousins]]: Audrey's late husband, who died pre-series, was also her cousin.
* [[Last-Minute Hookup]]{{context}}
* [[National Health Service]]{{context}}
* [[Not Even Bothering with the Accent]]: Justified: Richard is Eastern European and his real name is Bedrich Polouvicki, but he came to Britain as a child in 1939.
* [[Pre-Approved Sermon]]{{context}}
* [[Pun-Based Title]]: on "to the manner born".
* [[Road Sign Reversal]]{{context}}
* [[Upper Class Twit]]: Audrey.
* [[The Vicar]]: The Rector.
* [[Video Inside, Film Outside]]{{context}}
* [[Well-Intentioned Replacement]]: the honey.

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