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 sitcom ran from 16 April 1982 to 28 October 1983 made by Yorkshire Television

Yorkshire Television

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. The series starred Peter Bowles

Peter Bowles

-Early life:Bowles was born in London, England, the son of Sarah Jane and Herbert Reginald Bowles. His father was a chauffeur and butler at a stately home in Warwickshire; but, upon the outbreak of World War II, he was seconded to work as an engineer at Rolls-Royce and moved the family to Nottingham...

 (of To the Manor Born

To the Manor Born

To the Manor Born is a British sitcom that first aired on BBC1 from 1979 to 1981. A special edition appeared in 2007. Starring Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles, the first 20 episodes and the 2007 special were written by Peter Spence, the creator, while the 1981 finale was written by Christopher...

fame) as Howard Booth, an ex-convict who served two years in jail. He lives with Trevor Mountjoy (George Cole) who's his brother in law, and his wife Mary Rosalind Ayres

Rosalind Ayres

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. The latter left after Series one in 1982). It also starred Isla Blair

Isla Blair

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 as the next door widowed neighbour, Laura Miles. This series was created by Eric Chappell

Eric Chappell

Eric Chappell is an English comedy writer who wrote and co-wrote a number of the UK's biggest sitcom hits during the 1970s, '80s, and '90s...

.

(Episode 1) He’s not Heavy, he’s my Brother-in-law

Howard Booth, a smoothly plausible former investment manager, emerges from prison

Prison

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 after serving two years for fraud

Fraud

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. Having nowhere to go and no funds, he imposes himself on his trusting younger sister Mary and her cynical estate agent

Estate agent

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 husband, Trevor Mountjoy.

(Episode 2) Howard at the Majestic

Determined to treat Trevor and Mary to a wedding

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 anniversary dinner at a posh hotel, Howard cons his way into a private party, pretending to be a school old boy

Old boy

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. After being exposed by the manager, he attempts to impersonate the head waiter. Despite his initially successful plan, he comes badly unstuck.
Guest stars: Ronnie Stevens

Ronnie Stevens

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 as Hotel manager; Glyn Owen

Glyn Owen

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 as ‘Nipper’

(Episode 3) We’ll go no more a-Roving’

Howard romances Laura, a well-off widowed neighbour. Having done some creative writing whilst in prison, he pretends to be a dashing novelist and romantic poet

Poet

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. But she soon learns the truth.

(Episode 4) Raising the Wind

When Trevor won’t advance Howard a small loan, he cons a bank

Bank

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 manager into investing in an African diamond

Diamond

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 mine he claims to have discovered during a fictitious trip to Africa

Africa

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. But the scheme is quickly exposed as a fraud.
Guest stars: Larry Martyn

Larry Martyn

Lawrence "Larry" Martyn was an English actor known for his comedy performances.Martyn was born in London and was a former member of the Parachute Regiment. He was famous as Mr. Mash in the BBC comedy series Are You Being Served?, appearing in the first three series before being replaced by Arthur...

 as window cleaner; Garfield Morgan

Garfield Morgan

Garfield Morgan was an English actor who appeared mostly on TV and occasionally in films.Born in Birmingham, Morgan was apprenticed as a dental mechanic before going to drama school. He started his acting career with the Arena Theatre, Birmingham...

 as bank manager

(Episode 5) On Approval

Howard gives Laura a £7000 diamond

Diamond

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 bracelet, which he’s obtained on approval using Trevor’s name. Laura likes it and Howard has to face paying for it or persuading her to reject it.

(Episode 6) Suspicion

Howard and Trevor are shopping at an expensive clothes shop, but Howard spots his former cellmate ‘Greasy” at his usual occupation - shoplifting. When Greasy slips the purloined items into Trevor’s shopping bag, Howard has to do some quick thinking, including impersonating a police officer.
Guest stars: Ken Jones

Ken Jones

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 as ‘Greasy Spriggs; Tony Steedman

Tony Steedman

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 as Cutforth

(Episode 7)The Rival

Laura is being wooed by an Italian, Count Montefiore, which leads Howard to jealousy. He engages an enquiry agent to check up on the Count and see if he’s really who he claims to be. But the investigator mistakenly checks Howard out, rather than the Count.
Guest stars: Stephen Greif

Stephen Greif

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 as Count Montefiore; John Rapley as Enquiry agent

(Episode 1) A Tale of the Unexpected

Mary has left Trevor and the house is a mess. Trevor engages a cleaning woman, but Howard thinks she’s Trevor’s girlfriend and scares her into leaving.
Guest star: Sharon Duce

Sharon Duce

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 as Doreen Brent

(Episode 2) Matchmaker

Howard starts the HB Matrimonial Agency, but the first (and only) two clients are dissatisfied with his bumbling efforts and demand their money back.
Guest stars: Michael Robbins

Michael Robbins

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 as Bert; Frances de la Tour

Frances de la Tour

Frances de la Tour is an English actress perhaps best known for her role as Miss Ruth Jones in the British sitcom Rising Damp, and as Madame Olympe Maxime in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.-Early life and family:De la...

 as Celia

(Episode 3) Raffles

Laura’s house is burgled and her jewellery stolen. The police suspect it’s the work of a known thief, nicknamed ‘Raffles’, but Howard’s criminal record causes them to suspect him instead. Howard discovers Raffles breaking into Trevor’s house, but realises it’s really ‘Greasy’, who he shared a cell with in prison.
Guest stars: Ken Wynne as Raffles/Greasy Spriggs; James Grout

James Grout

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 as DS Evans

(Episode 4) Love me - Love my Dog

Howard is still smitten with Laura, but she isn’t as gullible as he supposes and resists his advances. To compound her resistance, she acquires ‘Sabre’, a German Shepherd Dog

German Shepherd Dog

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, who takes Howard’s presence as a threat.
Guest star: Tim Stern as Potter

(Episode 5) Third Party

Howard and Laura believe that Mary is seeing another man, but it turns out that he’s only trying to sell her insurance

Insurance

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. But then Laura falls for him – or does she?
Guest star: Michael Culver

Michael Culver

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 as Reggie Thorne

(Episode 6) A Genuine Simpson

Howard meets ‘Softly’ Simpson, a painter and forger he knew in prison, and persuades him to paint Trevor. But the painting looks more like the portrait of the Duke of Wellington

Duke of Wellington

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 on a five pound note (withdrawn in 1991) than Trevor.
Guest star: Nicholas le Prevost

Nicholas Le Prevost

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 as Simpson

(Episode 7) Unreasonable Behaviour

Mary sues Trevor for divorce

Divorce

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. Laura is attracted to Trevor, but Howard sets him up with Gloria, Trevor’s secretary, who is already engaged. They all meet at a social function where Trevor is due to speak, and it’s a disaster. Mary phones to ask to see Trevor, and he hopes for reconciliation, but the situation is left unresolved.
Guest star: Patricia Brake

Patricia Brake

Patricia Ann Brake is an English actress.Her first prominent television role was as Julie Pinfield in The Ugliest Girl in Town , a short-lived sitcom made for the American ABC network...

as Gloria Pert