Mrs. Thursday (1966)

Comedy · Drama

Mrs Thursday is a British comedy-drama produced by Associated Television, devised by Lord Ted Willis and featured scripts by Jack Rosenthal. It stars 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. Hugh Manning played Richard Hunter, is Mrs Thursday's butler, business adviser and confidant.

IMDb rating: 8.1 (82 votes)
Episode average: 7.9 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1966)

7.88 avg 4 episodes 8.7 → 8.0 53 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Ride in a Rolls Royce	8.7	9
2	Call Me Madam?	7.2	6
3	Family Reunion	7.6	5
8	You Don't Have to Book for Buckingham Palace	8.0	9