Mrs Thursday
Mrs Thursday was a British television comedy-drama produced by Associated Television.
It starred veteran British actress Kathleen Harrison as Alice Thursday, a Cockney cleaning lady who inherits £10 million and the controlling interest in a multinational company upon the death of her employer (as well as his Rolls Royce and Mayfair mansion). Hugh Manning played Richard Hunter, Mrs Thursday's butler, business adviser and confidant.
The series was devised by Lord Ted Willis and featured scripts by Jack Rosenthal.
Three series of Mrs Thursday were produced. Series One (13 episodes) was broadcast between March 15 and June 7, 1966, Series Two (13 episodes) between December 27, 1966 and March 20, 1967 and Series Three (12 episodes) between October 5 and December 22, 1967.
Series One is available on DVD. Series Two was released on DVD on 30 September 2013.
Episode List
Series 1 (first broadcast March 15-June 7, 1966)
A Ride in a Rolls Royce
Call Me Madam
Family Reunion
Thursday's Child
Honesty Is the Best Policy
The Girl from Fuller Street
The Canvas Jungle
You Don't Have to Book Buckingham Palace
The Snows of Yesteryear
Hunter's Moon
The Full Dress Affair
The Sitting Tenant
Margate Comes But Once a Year
Series 2 (first broadcast December 27, 1966 – March 20, 1967)
A Little of What You Fancy
Changes Over the Counter
The Train from Dunrich Station
The Duke and I
When My Boy Comes Home
Only Washing and Babies
We Don't Pay London Prices
The Answer Is a Lemon
No Tea for the Tallyman
Up the Garden Path
The Old School Tie Up
A Matter of Time
Charity Begins at the Ball
Series 3 (first broadcast October 5-December 22, 1967)
News of a Cruise
All in the Same Boat
The Sea, the Sea, the Open Sea
When in Malaga
Two of a Kind
A Genuine Moorish Momento
Spring Time for Hunter
Alice Is at It Again
In the Sea Air
A Question of Being Entitled
Everything in Concert
We Bid You All Goodbye
