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"nm": 395443, "roles": [ { "char": "Sir James Rosslyn" } ] }, { "name": "Richard Vernon", "nm": 894710, "roles": [ { "char": "Major Toby Smith-Barton", "ch": 89830 } ] }, { "name": "Victoria Plucknett", "nm": 687533, "roles": [ { "char": "Mary", "ch": 415991 } ] }, { "name": "Juliet Waley", "nm": 907415, "roles": [ { "char": "Sophie" } ] }, { "name": "Arnold Peters", "nm": 676331, "roles": [ { "char": "Foster" } ] }, { "name": "David Crosse", "nm": 189310, "roles": [ { "char": "Croft" } ] }, { "name": "Rafiq Anwar", "nm": 31692, "roles": [ { "char": "Indian Tourist" } ] }, { "name": "Minoo Golvala", "nm": 1490276, "roles": [ { "char": "Indian Tourist" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E08", "title": "Trouble and Strife", "tt": 566878, "air_date": "1976-10-23", "description": "A woman from Starr's past, down on her luck, begs him to use his influence to obtain a job for her at the Bentinck.", "cast": [ { "name": "Gemma Jones", "nm": 428121, "roles": [ { "char": "Louisa Trotter", "ch": 75926 } ] }, 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"title": "The Outsiders", "tt": 566874, "air_date": "1976-10-30", "description": "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.", "cast": [ { "name": "Gemma Jones", "nm": 428121, "roles": [ { "char": "Louisa Trotter", "ch": 75926 } ] }, { "name": "Christopher Cazenove", "nm": 147392, "roles": [ { "char": "Charlie Tyrrell" } ] }, { "name": "Derek Smith", "nm": 807944, "roles": [ { "char": "Stanley Parker" } ] }, { "name": "Ronald Lacey", "nm": 479951, "roles": [ { "char": "Arthur Shepherd" } ] }, { "name": "Lionel Guyett", "nm": 349888, "roles": [ { "char": "Tadeusz Svorski" } ] }, { "name": "John Welsh", "nm": 920555, "roles": [ { "char": "Merriman", "ch": 111235 } ] }, { "name": "Victoria Plucknett", "nm": 687533, "roles": [ { "char": "Mary", "ch": 415991 } ] }, { "name": "Mary Healey", "nm": 372269, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Cochrane", "ch": 415993 } ] }, { "name": "Sammie Winmill", "nm": 935308, "roles": [ { "char": "Ethel", "ch": 415992 } ] }, { "name": "John Cater", "nm": 146038, "roles": [ { 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] }, { "name": "Victoria Plucknett", "nm": 687533, "roles": [ { "char": "Mary", "ch": 415991 } ] }, { "name": "Richard Vernon", "nm": 894710, "roles": [ { "char": "Major Toby Smith-Barton", "ch": 89830 } ] }, { "name": "Christine Pollon", "nm": 689702, "roles": [ { "char": "Aunt Gwyneth" } ] }, { "name": "Mary Healey", "nm": 372269, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Cochrane", "ch": 415993 } ] }, { "name": "John Cater", "nm": 146038, "roles": [ { "char": "Starr", "ch": 236653 } ] }, { "name": "John Welsh", "nm": 920555, "roles": [ { "char": "Merriman", "ch": 111235 } ] }, { "name": "John Gabriel", "nm": 300237, "roles": [ { "char": "Poole" } ] }, { "name": "Sammie Winmill", "nm": 935308, "roles": [ { "char": "Ethel", "ch": 415992 } ] }, { "name": "Holly De Jong", "nm": 208999, "roles": [ { "char": "Violet", "ch": 415994 } ] }, { "name": "Frank Tregear", "nm": 871731, "roles": [ { "char": "Steadman" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E11", "title": "No Letters, No Lawyers", "tt": 566865, "air_date": "1976-11-13", "description": "A wily journalist poses as a temporary porter and gathers information on Louisa that could destroy her personal and professional life.", "cast": [ { "name": "Gemma Jones", "nm": 428121, "roles": [ { "char": "Louisa Trotter", "ch": 75926 } ] }, { "name": "James Laurenson", "nm": 491190, "roles": [ { "char": "Culliford" } ] }, { "name": "Thorley Walters", "nm": 910381, "roles": [ { "char": "Bulstrode" } ] }, { "name": "Alan MacNaughton", "nm": 534077, "roles": [ { "char": "Lawrie" } ] }, { "name": "Richard Vernon", "nm": 894710, "roles": [ { "char": "Major Toby Smith-Barton", "ch": 89830 } ] }, { "name": "Barrie Cookson", "nm": 177537, "roles": [ { "char": "Sir Esmond Manning" } ] }, { "name": "John Cater", "nm": 146038, "roles": [ { "char": "Starr", "ch": 236653 } ] }, { "name": "John Welsh", "nm": 920555, "roles": [ { "char": "Merriman", "ch": 111235 } ] }, { "name": "Victoria Plucknett", "nm": 687533, "roles": [ { "char": "Mary", "ch": 415991 } ] }, { "name": "Andrew Knox", "nm": 461475, "roles": [ { "char": "Buckhurst" } ] }, { "name": "Christopher Biggins", "nm": 81811, "roles": [ { "char": "Nelson" } ] }, { "name": "Gordon Christie", "nm": 160321, "roles": [ { "char": "Constable" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E12", "title": "A Matter of Honour", "tt": 566854, "air_date": "1976-11-20", "description": "Charlie is shocked to learn that one of his closest friends, Lord Elleston, arranged for his horse to lose at Ascot.", "cast": [ { "name": "Gemma Jones", "nm": 428121, "roles": [ { "char": "Louisa Trotter", "ch": 75926 } ] }, { "name": "Christopher Cazenove", "nm": 147392, "roles": [ { "char": "Charlie Haslemere", "ch": 79403 } ] }, { "name": "Michael Culver", "nm": 191741, "roles": [ { "char": "Major Farjeon", "ch": 82651 } ] }, { "name": "Richard Vernon", "nm": 894710, "roles": [ { "char": "Major Smith-Barton", "ch": 89830 } ] }, { "name": "Mary Healey", "nm": 372269, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Cochrane", "ch": 415993 } ] }, { "name": "Victoria Plucknett", "nm": 687533, "roles": [ { "char": "Mary", "ch": 415991 } ] }, { "name": "Zelah Clarke", "nm": 165055, "roles": [ { "char": "Kath" } ] }, { "name": "Noel Howlett", "nm": 398233, "roles": [ { "char": "Sterling" } ] }, { "name": "Edna Doré", "nm": 234270, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Bertram" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Wilson" } ] }, { "name": "Gillian Lewis", "nm": 507228, "roles": [ { "char": "Jennett" } ] }, { "name": "Mel Churcher", "nm": 161404, "roles": [ { "char": "Lady Farjeon" } ] }, { "name": "Jennifer Daniel", "nm": 199663, "roles": [ { "char": "Eleanor" } ] }, { "name": "Margaret Ward", "nm": 911706, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Ross" } ] }, { "name": "James Bree", "nm": 106657, "roles": [ { "char": "Ross" } ] }, { "name": "James Woolley", "nm": 941252, "roles": [ { "char": "Major Fitzsimmons" } ] }, { "name": "John Quayle", "nm": 703038, "roles": [ { "char": "Elleston" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E13", "title": "One 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Louisa wont put up with it and sets out to end the gossip. Mary meanwhile takes an interest in her and invites her to tea with her friend Brian, the violin player. He immediately takes an interest in Lottie and grates at the constant stream of orders from Mary. When he decides to leave London, he gets Lottie to tell a heartbroken Mary of the reasons why. 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Lottie has become quite the young lady, having learned the rules of high society and losing her Yorkshire accent. The Major takes quite an interest in Miss Bradford but Louisa warns him that she is an old maid who may be out to get her hooks into him. Lottie also finds a beau, hotel guest Howard Blenkiron who takes an interest in her from their first meeting. She may have made a mistake however when she tells Howard of her parentage.", "cast": [ { "name": "Gemma Jones", "nm": 428121, "roles": [ { "char": "Louisa Trotter", "ch": 75926 } ] }, { "name": "John Cater", "nm": 146038, "roles": [ { "char": "Starr", "ch": 236653 } ] }, { "name": "Felicity Gibson", "nm": 316959, "roles": [ { "char": "Lady Angela" } ] }, { "name": "Richard Morant", "nm": 603082, "roles": [ { "char": "Howard Blenkiron" } ] }, { "name": "Timothy Peters", "nm": 676703, "roles": [ { "char": "Patrick Mellor" } ] }, { "name": "Victoria Plucknett", "nm": 687533, "roles": [ { "char": "Mary", "ch": 415991 } ] }, { "name": "Pauline Quirke", "nm": 704351, "roles": [ { "char": "Pearl" } ] }, { "name": "Helen Ryan", "nm": 752571, "roles": [ { "char": "Olive Bradford" } ] }, { "name": "Richard Vernon", "nm": 894710, "roles": [ { "char": "Major Smith-Barton", "ch": 89830 } ] }, { "name": "Lalla Ward", "nm": 911677, "roles": [ { "char": "Lottie" } ] }, { "name": "John Welsh", "nm": 920555, "roles": [ { "char": "Merriman", "ch": 111235 } ] } ] }, { "se": "S02E15", "title": "Poor Little Rich Girl", "tt": 566869, "air_date": "1977-12-17", "description": "Louisa and Lottie are at loggerheads -- Louisa wants her daughter to be a proper lady, as befits the daughter of a Viscount. 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