The Duchess of Duke Street
(1976)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 2
Ain't We Got Fun
Episode 16 - 12-24-1977
48m
Change is in the air at the hotel and in the lives of its many residents. An American writer, Sophie Applegate, would like to pen a book about Louisa's life, successes and failures. Louise isn't all that keen on the venture but eventually rises to the occasion and opens up about her past.
9.3/10Where to watch
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Poor Little Rich Girl
Episode 15 - 12-17-1977
53m
Louisa and Lottie are at loggerheads -- Louisa wants her daughter to be a proper lady, as befits the daughter of a Viscount. Lottie is confident that she has the talent and the looks to become a major musical star of the London stage.
8.8/10Where to watch
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Blossom Time
Episode 14 - 12-10-1977
53m
Lottie returns to the Bentinck from finishing school in Switzerland for a bit of a holiday and has her art teacher, Miss Olive Bradford, in tow. 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.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Lottie
Episode 13 - 12-03-1977
53m
While a few of the staff know of Lottie's origins, others have set their tongues wagging about just why this young girls seems to be staying at the Bentinck. 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.
8.5/10Where to watch
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The Legion of the Living
Episode 12 - 11-19-1977
50m
Ghosts of Visits to Yorkshire Past interfere with key decisions Louisa must make in the present, chiefly, deciding what will be best for her daughter, Lottie and her future.
8.8/10Where to watch
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Where There's a Will
Episode 11 - 11-12-1977
54m
With the war at an end, Louisa is at the precipice of an emotional collapse and financial ruin.
8.8/10Where to watch
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Shadows
Episode 10 - 11-05-1977
54m
Charlie returns to London and the Bentinck when he's been wounded and puts on a cheerful and brave face, but his situation is far more serious, as Louisa and the Major suspected.
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Tea and a Wad
Episode 9 - 10-29-1977
54m
Louisa brings a bit of England to France when the Major enlists her to fashion a tea and sandwich shop, military style and Charlie (Lord Haslemere) and an ecstatic Luisa agree to marry once the 'guns are silent.'
8.6/10Where to watch
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The Reluctant Warrior
Episode 8 - 10-22-1977
52m
When the hotel sustains damage after it's grazed by a bomb, Ethel takes a shine to a conscientious objector, assigned to ferret out a potential UXB. Though nobody was injured, Starr, sadly, loses his beloved pooch in the rubble.
8.6/10Where to watch
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The Patriots
Episode 7 - 10-15-1977
52m
Louisa is concerned when a government official informs her that the Bentinck has become a spies nest and implicates a member of her staff.
8.6/10Where to watch
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Your Country Needs You
Episode 6 - 10-08-1977
51m
With the outbreak of the Great War, the staff are galvanized to help in the effort and keep the hotel running as usual. Louisa takes in a Belgian refugee, a master pastry chef. Charlie enlists and leaves a worried Louisa as he departs for France .
8.5/10Where to watch
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The Passing Show
Episode 5 - 10-01-1977
51m
Louisa urges Charlie to get on with his life and a smooth and very suave actor beds Violet, who promptly gets the sack.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Winter Lament
Episode 4 - 9-24-1977
52m
Louisa visits Lord and Lady Haslemere in Yorkshire and finds a bleak and desperately unhappy household.
8.2/10Where to watch
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A Lesson in Manners
Episode 3 - 9-17-1977
51m
Louisa takes a callow chauffeur in tow and tries to turn him into a 'proper gentleman,' when his kind, elderly and wealthy employer dies suddenly and leaves him the bulk of her estate.
8.6/10Where to watch
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Poor Catullus
Episode 2 - 9-10-1977
54m
When two high spirited Oxford students play a prank on Louisa, she goes along with the fun and finds a Professor of Classics pitching the woo to her. Meanwhile, Lord and Lady Haslemere come down from Yorkshire to shop for their London home.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Family Matters
Episode 1 - 9-03-1977
51m
Louisa's only brother, ne'er do well Arthur, returns to London after a decade. Her mother pressures Louisa into offering him a job at the Bentinck, running the risk of alienating the rest of her staff.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Season 1
A Test of Love
Episode 15 - 12-11-1976
55m
With the death of His Majesty, King Edward VII, an era ends for Britain and for Louisa Trotter. Pressing forward, however, Charlie Tyrell (Lord Haslemere) has proposed to lovely Margaret Rosslyn and the newlyweds leave the Bentinck to live in a suitable house and start a family.
8.6/10Where to watch
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Plain Sailing
Episode 14 - 12-04-1976
52m
Louisa turns the air blue, but hardly a sedate navy, when she buys a summer resort adjacent to a posh private club at Cowes.
7.7/10Where to watch
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One Night's Grace
Episode 13 - 11-27-1976
52m
All are intrigued when an attractive young lady asks to see Lord Haslemere -- who is she, what does she want, and more to the point, what is she after?
7.7/10Where to watch
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A Matter of Honour
Episode 12 - 11-20-1976
52m
Charlie is shocked to learn that one of his closest friends, Lord Elleston, arranged for his horse to lose at Ascot.
8/10Where to watch
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No Letters, No Lawyers
Episode 11 - 11-13-1976
52m
A wily journalist poses as a temporary porter and gathers information on Louisa that could destroy her personal and professional life.
7.9/10Where to watch
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Lottie's Boy
Episode 10 - 11-06-1976
52m
A handsome young guest creates a rift between Mary and Louisa and persuades the Major to invest the remainder of his inheritance in a very risky venture.
7.6/10Where to watch
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The Outsiders
Episode 9 - 10-30-1976
52m
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.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Trouble and Strife
Episode 8 - 10-23-1976
52m
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.
7.4/10Where to watch
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A Lady of Virtue
Episode 7 - 10-16-1976
55m
A Liberal politician convinces a colleague that he can seduce a married lady of impeccable virtue.
7.7/10Where to watch
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For Love or Money
Episode 6 - 10-09-1976
54m
A con artist, posing as a Baron, dupes a greedy American guest and seduces a lonely young bride, as a vigilant and intrigued Louisa monitors his every move.
7.6/10Where to watch
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A Bed of Roses
Episode 5 - 10-02-1976
53m
With Charlie Tyrell now in residence as the first guest, the hotel is now officially open to the public. Louisa has set a high standard for herself and is relying on word of mouth among the right kind of people to bring in the clientèle. Charlie invites an attractive, but married, woman for dinner in his rooms only to have her leave when she realizes she is the only guest. He invites Louisa to join him and unexpectedly, they soon are lovers. When Charlie must leave for America, Louisa is heartbroken but she also is pregnant. At the appropriate time, she leaves the hotel with Mary in charge to go and give birth. Soon Charlie is back and completely unaware of what has been going on, tracks her down. He also has a proposition on how to care for their child
8/10Where to watch
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The Bargain
Episode 4 - 9-25-1976
53m
Heavily in debt, Louisa is on a juggernaut that lands in her in the hospital, after she collapses from exhaustion. But, that handsome devil and consoling angel, Charlie Tyrrell, devises a plan to save her hotel.
8.2/10Where to watch
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A Nice Class of Premises
Episode 3 - 9-18-1976
52m
All bets are off when HRH becomes His Majesty, King Edward VII and Louisa and Augustus must plan what lies ahead for them.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Honour and Obey
Episode 2 - 9-11-1976
52m
Hardly flattered and severely compromised, Louisa has caught the eye of the Prince of Wales and is pressed into marrying Augustus Trotter.
7.9/10Where to watch
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A Present Sovereign
Episode 1 - 9-04-1976
52m
A feisty, determined, kind hearted young woman embarks on her career 'to be the best cook in England,' when she's employed in the London home of a well connected aristocrat.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Ain't We Got Fun
Episode 16 - 12-24-1977
48m
Change is in the air at the hotel and in the lives of its many residents. An American writer, Sophie Applegate, would like to pen a book about Louisa's life, successes and failures. Louise isn't all that keen on the venture but eventually rises to the occasion and opens up about her past.
9.3/10Where to watch
Haven't Seen
Shadows
Episode 10 - 11-05-1977
54m
Charlie returns to London and the Bentinck when he's been wounded and puts on a cheerful and brave face, but his situation is far more serious, as Louisa and the Major suspected.
9/10Where to watch
Haven't Seen
Where There's a Will
Episode 11 - 11-12-1977
54m
With the war at an end, Louisa is at the precipice of an emotional collapse and financial ruin.
8.8/10Where to watch
Haven't Seen
The Legion of the Living
Episode 12 - 11-19-1977
50m
Ghosts of Visits to Yorkshire Past interfere with key decisions Louisa must make in the present, chiefly, deciding what will be best for her daughter, Lottie and her future.
8.8/10Where to watch
Haven't Seen
Poor Little Rich Girl
Episode 15 - 12-17-1977
53m
Louisa and Lottie are at loggerheads -- Louisa wants her daughter to be a proper lady, as befits the daughter of a Viscount. Lottie is confident that she has the talent and the looks to become a major musical star of the London stage.
8.8/10Where to watch
Haven't Seen
