Editing British sitcom (section)

===''To the Manor Born''===
Co-starring [[Penelope Keith]] as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton and [[Peter Bowles]] as Richard DeVere, ''[[To the Manor Born]]'' (1979–1981, 2007) was a 'feel-good' series following the leading characters' 'will-they-won't they' love story. Written by [[Peter Spence]] and [[Christopher Bond]] and produced and directed by [[Gareth Gwenlan]],<ref name="BFIthmb">{{cite web
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|archive-date=20 November 2017
|title=To the Manor Born[12/10/80] (1980)
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|access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref> it was a sitcom with one of the largest audience ratings of the period. The final episode of series 1, which aired on 11 November 1979, was the most watched British television programme (excluding live events) of the 1970s, drawing 23.95 million viewers.<ref name="BFImanor">{{cite news|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/mostwatched/1970s.html |title=BFI – Britain's Most Watched TV – the 1970s |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |date=4 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051122221511/http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/mostwatched/1970s.html |archive-date=22 November 2005}} Retrieved 4 January 2022.</ref> The final episode in 1981 received 17.80 million viewers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/25years/top10.php?section=events&callyear=1981|title=Highest Rated Programmes – 1981|publisher=[[Broadcasters' Audience Research Board]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925183706/http://www.barb.co.uk/25years/top10.php?section=events&callyear=1981|archive-date=25 September 2006}} Retrieved 4 January 20221</ref> The series has been repeated over 1,000 times.<ref name="BCGtmbR">{{cite web
|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/to_the_manor_born/repeats/
|title=All repeats of To The Manor Born
|work=British Comedy Guide
|access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="INDYmanor">{{cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article3021298.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014221554/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article3021298.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 October 2007|title=Obituary – Ronnie Hazlehurst|first=Spencer|last=Leigh|work=[[The Independent]]|date=3 October 2007}}</ref> Major supporting roles were played by [[Angela Thorne]] as Audrey's friend Marjory and [[Daphne Heard]] as Mrs Polouvicka, Richard's mother. Other members of the cast included [[Alan David (actor)|Alan David]], [[John Rudling]], [[Michael Bilton]], [[Gerald Sim]], [[Michael Cochrane]], and [[Georgie Glen]]. The music was written by [[Ronnie Hazlehurst]].<ref name="BFIthmb"/><ref name="INDYmanor"/>