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- S2 E1 - Family MattersSeptember 2, 197751minWhen Louisa's brother returns from his travels after a long time away, his doting mother talks her reluctant daughter into hiring him, as the hotel is short-staffed. Arthur soon antagonises the longtime servants, precipitating an ugly family quarrel after Louisa discharges him.Free trial of BritBox
- S2 E2 - Poor CatallusSeptember 9, 197753minTwo wiseacre students secretly hatch a plan to embarrass Eliza and an eccentric. Oxford don, but they turn the tables on the would-be pranksters.Free trial of BritBox
- S2 E3 - A Lesson in MannersSeptember 16, 197751minLouisa 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.Free trial of BritBox
- S2 E4 - Winter LamentSeptember 23, 197752minLouisa visits Lord and Lady Haslemere in Yorkshire and finds a bleak and desperately unhappy household.Free trial of BritBox
- S2 E5 - The Passing ShowSeptember 30, 197750minLouisa urges Charlie to get on with his life and a smooth and very suave actor beds Violet, who promptly gets the sack.Free trial of BritBox
- S2 E6 - Your Country Needs YouOctober 7, 197751minWith 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 .Free trial of BritBox
- S2 E7 - The PatriotsOctober 14, 197752minLouisa is concerned when a government official informs her that the Bentinck has become a spies nest and implicates a member of her staff.Free trial of BritBox
- S2 E8 - The Reluctant WarriorOctober 21, 197752minWhen 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.Free trial of BritBox
- S2 E9 - Tea and A WadOctober 28, 197754minLouisa 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.'Free trial of BritBox
- S2 E10 - ShadowsNovember 4, 197753minCharlie 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.Free trial of BritBox
- S2 E11 - Where There's A WillNovember 11, 197754minWith the war at an end, Louisa is at the precipice of an emotional collapse and financial ruin.Free trial of BritBox
- S2 E12 - The Legion of the LivingNovember 18, 197750minGhosts 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.Free trial of BritBox
- S2 E13 - LottieDecember 2, 197753minLouisa tells Mary, Starr, and Merriman Lottie is her daughter. She has the Major show the young woman the sights of London, but inevitably, rumours swirl around her. Brian returns, embittered by the war and irritated by Mary's attempts to help him.Free trial of BritBox
- S2 E14 - Blossom TimeDecember 9, 197752minLottie returns on a school holiday, bringing with her one of her teachers, Miss Olive Bradford. The Major and Miss Bradford fall in love and become engaged. Lottie falls for a handsome young man, but when she incautiously reveals who her parentage, his interest in her vanishes.Free trial of BritBox
- S2 E15 - Poor Little Rich GirlDecember 16, 197752minLouisa 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.Free trial of BritBox
- S2 E16 - Ain't We Got FunDecember 23, 197748minLouisa permits an American woman to write her biography. Merriman wins a newspaper contest and samples life, even sauntering into the Bentinck for a drink, before his money runs out and he returns to his usual post. Mary and Starr inform Louisa that they have become engaged.Free trial of BritBox
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- Audio languages
- English
- Subtitles
- English [CC]
- Cast
- Gemma JonesVictoria PlucknettJohn WelshJohn CaterRichard VernonMary HealeyChristopher CazenoveSammie WinmillHolly de JongJune Brown
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- BritBox
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