The Duchess of Duke Street

Louisa Trotter works her way up from being a skivvy to being the queen of cooks, cook to the King, and owner of the Bentinck Hotel. Her life and happenings among the guests and staff of the hotel make up the 31 episodes.

1976 HD 50min United Kingdom English

John Hawkesworth Gemma Jones John Welsh Richard Vernon Mary Healey Christopher Cazenove Victoria Plucknett Alan MacNaughtan Holly De Jong Joan Benham

Drama

S1E1 - A Present Sovereign 1976-09-04

A feisty, determined, kind hearted young woman embarks on her career to be the best cook in England, when shes employed in the London home of a well connected aristocrat.

S1E2 - Honour and Obey 1976-09-11

Hardly flattered and severely compromised, Louisa has caught the eye of the Prince of Wales and is pressed into marrying Augustus Trotter.

S1E3 - A Nice Class of Premises 1976-09-18

All bets are off when HRH becomes His Majesty, King Edward VII and Louisa and Augustus must plan what lies ahead for them.

S1E4 - The Bargain 1976-09-25

Heavily in debt, Louisa is on a juggernaut that lands in her in the hospital, after she collapses from exhaustion. But, that handsome devil and consoling angel, Charlie Tyrrell, devises a plan to save her hotel.

S1E5 - A Bed of Roses 1976-10-02

With Charlie Tyrell now in residence as the first guest, the hotel is now officially open to the public. Louisa has set a high standard for herself and is relying on word of mouth among the right kind of people to bring in the clientèle. Charlie invites an attractive, but married, woman for dinner in his rooms only to have her leave when she realizes she is the only guest. He invites Louisa to join him and unexpectedly, they soon are lovers. When Charlie must leave for America, Louisa is heartbroken but she also is pregnant. At the appropriate time, she leaves the hotel with Mary in charge to go and give birth. Soon Charlie is back and completely unaware of what has been going on, tracks her down. He also has a proposition on how to care for their child

S1E6 - For Love or Money 1976-10-09

A con artist, posing as a Baron, dupes a greedy American guest and seduces a lonely young bride, as a vigilant and intrigued Louisa monitors his every move.

S1E7 - A Lady of Virtue 1976-10-16

A Liberal politician convinces a colleague that he can seduce a married lady of impeccable virtue.

S1E8 - Trouble and Strife 1976-10-23

A woman from Starrs past, down on her luck, begs him to use his influence to obtain a job for her at the Bentinck.

S1E9 - The Outsiders 1976-10-30

When a kindly, but modest man asks for a room at the Bentinck Hotel, he is given the short shrift. However when Louisa and Charlie find out the reason for his visit, he is treated like a visiting dignitary.

S1E10 - Lottie's Boy 1976-11-06

A handsome young guest creates a rift between Mary and Louisa and persuades the Major to invest the remainder of his inheritance in a very risky venture.

S1E11 - No Letters, No Lawyers 1976-11-13

A wily journalist poses as a temporary porter and gathers information on Louisa that could destroy her personal and professional life.

S1E12 - A Matter of Honour 1976-11-20

Charlie is shocked to learn that one of his closest friends, Lord Elleston, arranged for his horse to lose at Ascot.

S1E13 - One Night's Grace 1976-11-27

All are intrigued when an attractive young lady asks to see Lord Haslemere -- who is she, what does she want, and more to the point, what is she after?

S1E14 - Plain Sailing 1976-12-04

Louisa turns the air blue, but hardly a sedate navy, when she buys a summer resort adjacent to a posh private club at Cowes.

S1E15 - A Test of Love 1976-12-11

With the death of His Majesty, King Edward VII, an era ends for Britain and for Louisa Trotter. Pressing forward, however, Charlie Tyrell (Lord Haslemere) has proposed to lovely Margaret Rosslyn and the newlyweds leave the Bentinck to live in a suitable house and start a family.

S2E1 - Family Matters 1977-09-03

Louisas only brother, neer 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.

S2E2 - Poor Catullus 1977-09-10

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.

S2E3 - A Lesson in Manners 1977-09-17

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.

S2E4 - Winter Lament 1977-09-24

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

S2E5 - The Passing Show 1977-10-01

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