SEASON ONE

EPISODE 1
The staff return from Young Mr Grace's funeral to discover they are beneficiaries of the company's pension scheme. Mr Grace invested the funds in some suspect business ventures in far-off places such as Rangoon and the Fall lands. He also invested in bricks and mortar, and as beneficiaries they're entitled to use Millstone Manor, a Tudor manor house which is being run as a country hotel. But to everyone's chagrin Mr Rumbold is the incumbent manager. Their arrival in the country is met by the news that, except for country yokel Mr Moulterd and his daughter, the staff have been frightened off by Rumbold's in ramous man-management sculls. There's also a surprise in store for Mr Humphries when he finds a girl in his bed!

EPISODE 2
(Transmitted: Fri. 17/1/92, BBC1, 8pm)
Deciding to continue running Millstone Manor as a country hotel, everyone settles into their new abode. while Mr Humphries tries stoking the boiler, Mrs Slocombe is thrown in jail for stealing a gypsy's cart and Captain Peacock is caught speeding. But country life is doing wonders for Mr Humphries: as well as lighting Mavis's fire, he pracrises his massaging skills on Miss Lovelock.

EPISODE 3
(Transmitted: Fri. 24/1/92, BBC1, 8pm)
It's the day of Mrs Slocomb's court case. Arriving at court in style, on the back of Mr Moulterd's pig cart, no one gains much confidence from their solicitor, Mr Thorpe, who suggests Mrs Slocombe pleads guilty. But she has other ideas, even though her case isn't helped when star witness Captain Peacock sends the magistrate to sleep with his waffle. But Mr Moulterd saves the dairy and gets Mrs Slocombe off the hook.

EPISODE 4
(Transmitted: Fri. 31/1/92, BBC1, 8pm)
Mavis is making a new man of Mr Humphries, who seems to have acquired a east for life since moving to the country. The first booking is also received: a group of Armenians ate
uring England's old ruins and will arrive at the weekend; but there's still a lack of staff. Finally some applications rive for the vacant jobs at the Manor, but no one's up to ranch, so it looks as if Peacock and Co. will have to roll their sleeves up and run the hotel themselves.

EPISODE 5
(Transmitted: Fri. 7/2/92, BBC1, 8pm)
With a photographer arriving at 6 p.m. to take a staff photo for the Manor's new brochure, there's a major problem to resolve: where to get the staff As a last resort, Cap-rain Peacock
becomes the waiter and Mr Humphries dons the batman's jacket, while Mrs Slocombe and Miss Brahms e forced into becoming chambermaids.

EPISODE 6
(Transmitted: Fri. 14/2/92, BBC1, 8pm)
The Armenians arrive and the staff try their best in their new roles, although Miss Brahms burns the omelettes and Mr Rumbold, who is temporarily demoted to porter, doesn't have enough newspapers to go round. But there are no major catastrophes and everything ticks along until the staff discover to their horror that the agreed itinerary entails a church service and a Harvest Thanksgiving dance.

SEASON TWO

EPISODE 1
(Transmitted: Mon. 4/1/93, BBC1, 8pm)
With the Armenians gone - but their chewing gum left behind and causing problems for Mrs Slocomb's pussy and Mr Rumbold's foot - life continues as normal at Millstone Manor. Mavis is besotted with Mr Humphries, which begins to worry the rest of the staff But any concerns pale when a pistol is discovered in the bureau drawer and the police are called. With Royal neigh-bouts living just over the ~l, the local constabulary take the matter seriously, especially when they believe Captain Peacock is a terrorist brandishing a loaded gun.

EPISODE2
(Transmitted: Mon. 1111/93, BBC1, 8pm)
Mr Rumbold, wearing his manager's hat again, and Captain Peacock are still rubbing each other up the wrong way -but what's new? As another group of tourists departs, an invitation to form a team for the local cricket match arrives. As expected, Rumbold takes charge by appointing himself captain, picking the team, and opening the batting himself. It's a glorious day for Millstone Manor, with victory sealed when Mr Humphries hits the winning runs.

EPISODE 3
(Transmitted: Mon. 18/1/93, BBC1, 8pm)
The guests are just as sparse as the customers were at Grace Brothers. But there's one unwanted visitor to the Manor: Cecil Slocumbe, Mrs Slocomb's ex-husband, who now runs bits own leisure company. It's 42 years since he slipped out to buy some butter at Sainsbury's and was never seen again, and Mrs Slocombe doesn't want to see him now. When it transpires that he's a prospective buyer of Millstone Manor, the staff set out to put him off.

EPISODE 4
(Transmitted: Mon. 25/1/93, BBC1, 8pm)
While repairing the attic, Captain Peacock and Miss Love-lock discover the remains of an eighteenth-century cat
behind a wall, and decide to donate the petrified pussy to the local museum. But the staff of the Manor soon rue their decision when Maurice Moulterd reminds them of the local saying: Take a cat from the wall, bad luck shall befall'. When the cow dries up, the cistern nearly falls on Rumbold's head and lemon foam oozes from the oven, it's time to return the cat to its resting place.

EPISODE 5
(Transmitted: Mon. 112193, BBC1, 8pm)
When Rumbold takes issue with Peacock for constantly undermining his authority it's decided that the Manor should be run more democratically, with everyone involved in the decision making. The staff receive a challenge from the local pub to a darts match; tempers boil over when Mavis's ex-boyfriend, Malcolm, confronts Mr Humphries and a scuffle
ensues; but Mrs Slocombe is the hero of the day, flattening the local bully.

EPISODE6
(Transmitted: Mon. 8/2/93, BBC1, 8pm)
The staff at Millstone Manor have to scrimp and save. Since a parry from Outer Mongolia booked for a cultural visit, their country's currency has nose-dived, leaving the staff witb no alternative but to cut costs. When it comes to offering a display of British culture, Mrs Slocombe and Captain Peacock perform an extract from an operetta, Miss Brahms recites Shakespeare, while Mr Humphrics and Miss Lovelock plump for Romeo and Juliet.