The Duchess of Duke Street (1976)

Creator: John Hawkesworth

Set in London between 1900 and 1925, the story follows Louisa Leyton/Trotter, the eponymous "Duchess", who works her way up from servant to renowned cook to proprietress of the upper-class Bentinck Hotel in Duke Street, St. James's.

Cast

Gemma Jones

Louisa Trotter

John Welsh

Merriman

Richard Vernon

Major Smith-Barton

Christopher Cazenove

Charles Tyrrell

Mary Healey

Mrs. Cochrane

Victoria Plucknett

Mary

Alan MacNaughtan

Holly De Jong

Joan Benham

Joanna David