Mrs Thursday

Mrs Thursday
Genre	Comedy drama
Created by	Ted Willis
Starring	Kathleen Harrison Hugh Manning
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	38
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Associated Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	15 March 1966 (1966-03-15) – 22 December 1967 (1967-12-22)

Mrs Thursday is a British television comedy-drama produced by Associated Television. The series was devised by Ted Willis and featured scripts by Jack Rosenthal. It stars veteran British actress Kathleen Harrison as Alice Thursday, a Cockney charwoman 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 advisor, and confidant. Reg Lye played Bill Lee.

Three series comprising a total of thirty-eight episodes of Mrs Thursday were produced. Series One (13 episodes) was broadcast between March 15 and June 7, 1966; Series Two (13 episodes) between 27 December 1966 and 20 March 1967; and Series Three (12 episodes) between 5 October and 22 December 1967.

Production

"The Train from Dunrich House" was partly filmed at Stapleford Park, and featured its miniature railway.

Commercial release

Series One is available on DVD. Series Two was released on DVD on 30 September 2013. Series Three, as of June, 2020, still hasn't been released.

Episode list

Series 1 (first broadcast March 15 – June 7, 1966)

1. A Ride in a Rolls-Royce
2. Call Me Madam
3. Family Reunion
4. Thursday's Child
5. Honesty Is the Best Policy
6. The Girl from Fuller Street
7. The Canvas Jungle
8. You Don't Have to Book for Buckingham Palace
9. The Snows of Yesteryear
10. Hunter's Moon
11. The Full Dress Affair
12. The Sitting Tenant
13. Margate Comes But Once a Year

Series 2 (first broadcast December 27, 1966 – March 20, 1967)

1. A Little of What You Fancy
2. Changes Over the Counter
3. The Train from Dunrich Station
4. The Duke and I
5. When My Boy Comes Home
6. Only Washing and Babies
7. We Don't Pay London Prices
8. The Answer Is a Lemon
9. No Tea for the Tallyman
10. Up the Garden Path
11. The Old School Tie Up
12. A Matter of Time
13. Charity Begins at the Ball

Series 3 (first broadcast October 5 – December 22, 1967)

1. News of a Cruise
2. All in the Same Boat
3. The Sea, the Sea, the Open Sea
4. When in Malaga
5. Two of a Kind
6. A Genuine Moorish Momento
7. Spring Time for Hunter
8. Alice Is at It Again
9. In the Sea Air
10. A Question of Being Entitled
11. Everything in Concert
12. We Bid You All Goodbye

External links

• Mrs Thursday at IMDb
• Mrs Thursday at Television Heaven