Series 2
(1977)
Cast
as Louisa Trotter
as Merriman
as Major Smith-Barton
as Charles Tyrrell
as Mrs. Cochrane
as Mary
Episodes
Family Matters 0.0
September 3, 1977
Louisa's only brother, ne'er do well Arthur, returns to London after a decade. Her mother pressures Louisa into offerin…
Poor Catullus 0.0
September 10, 1977
When two high spirited Oxford students play a prank on Louisa, she goes along with the fun and finds a Professor of Cla…
A Lesson in Manners 0.0
September 17, 1977
Louisa takes a callow chauffeur in tow and tries to turn him into a 'proper gentleman,' when his kind, elderly and weal…
Winter Lament 0.0
September 24, 1977
Louisa visits Lord and Lady Haslemere in Yorkshire and finds a bleak and desperately unhappy household.
The Passing Show 0.0
October 1, 1977
Louisa urges Charlie to get on with his life and a smooth and very suave actor beds Violet, who promptly gets the sack.
Your Country Needs You 0.0
October 8, 1977
With the outbreak of the Great War, the staff are galvanized to help in the effort and keep the hotel running as usual.…
The Patriots 0.0
October 15, 1977
Louisa is concerned when a government official informs her that the Bentinck has become a spies nest and implicates a m…
The Reluctant Warrior 0.0
October 22, 1977
When the hotel sustains damage after it's grazed by a bomb, Ethel takes a shine to a conscientious objector, assigned t…
Tea and a Wad 0.0
October 29, 1977
Louisa brings a bit of England to France when the Major enlists her to fashion a tea and sandwich shop, military style …
Shadows 0.0
November 5, 1977
Charlie returns to London and the Bentinck when he's been wounded and puts on a cheerful and brave face, but his situat…
Where There's a Will 0.0
November 12, 1977
With the war at an end, Louisa is at the precipice of an emotional collapse and financial ruin.
The Legion of the Living 0.0
November 19, 1977
Ghosts of Visits to Yorkshire Past interfere with key decisions Louisa must make in the present, chiefly, deciding what…
Lottie 0.0
December 3, 1977
While a few of the staff know of Lottie's origins, others have set their tongues wagging about just why this young girl…
Blossom Time 0.0
December 10, 1977
Lottie returns to the Bentinck from finishing school in Switzerland for a bit of a holiday and has her art teacher, Mis…
Poor Little Rich Girl 0.0
December 17, 1977
Louisa and Lottie are at loggerheads -- Louisa wants her daughter to be a proper lady, as befits the daughter of a Visc…
Ain't We Got Fun 0.0
December 24, 1977
Change is in the air at the hotel and in the lives of its many residents. An American writer, Sophie Applegate, would l…