''Mrs Thursday'' is a British television comedy-drama produced by

Associated Television Associated Television was the original name of the British broadcaster ATV, part of the Independent Television (ITV) network. It provided a service to London at weekends from 1955 to 1968, to the Midlands on weekdays from 1956 to 1968, and ...

. It stars veteran British actress

Kathleen Harrison Kathleen Harrison (23 February 1892 – 7 December 1995) was a prolific English character actress best remembered for her role as Mrs. Huggett (opposite Jack Warner and Petula Clark) in a trio of British post-war comedies about a working ...

as Alice Thursday, a Cockney

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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.

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played Richard Hunter, Mrs. Thursday's butler, business advisor, and confidant.

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played Bill Lee. The series was devised by

Ted Willis Edward Henry Willis, Baron Willis (13 January 1914 – 22 December 1992) was an English playwright, novelist and screenwriter who was also politically active in support of the Labour Party. In 1941 he became the General Secretary of the Young Co ...

and featured scripts by

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. Three series, 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 20, 1967; and Series Three (12 episodes) between 5 October and 22 December 1967. 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. 'The Train from Dunrich House' was partly filmed at

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, and featured its miniature railway.

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 for 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

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0159896, title=Mrs Thursday
Mrs Thursday at Television Heaven
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