Episode 1
A Lion Called Laura
30m7.0 / 10
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Directed by Michael Owen MorrisWritten by Colin Bostock-Smith
TV series
The Upper Hand
19907 seasons7.2 / 10
The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and Columbia Pictures Television and broadcast by ITV from 1990 to 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss?. As in the former series, an affluent single woman, raising a son with the help of her mother, hires a housekeeper only to have a man apply for the job.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
The Upper Hand premiered May 1, 1990. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and Columbia Pictures Television and broadcast by ITV from 1990 to 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss?. As in the former series, an affluent single woman, raising a son with the help of her mother, hires a housekeeper only to have a man apply for the job.
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Episode 2
Friends
30m7.0 / 10
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Directed by Michael Owen MorrisWritten by Colin Bostock-SmithGuest stars Robert Beck, Denis Lill, Su Lin Looi, James Crossley
Episode 3
In Marriage We Trust
30m
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Directed by Michael Owen MorrisWritten by Ken Cinnamon, Karen WengrodGuest stars Louise Jameson, Christopher Blake, Joyce Gibbs, Ken Baynes
Episode 4
The Chunnel of Love
30m7.0 / 10
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Directed by Michael Owen MorrisWritten by Martin Cohan, Blake HunterGuest stars Robert Beck, Eleanor Summerfield, Less "Leslie" Clack, Anthony Jackson
Episode 5
Nobody's Child
30m
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Directed by Michael Owen MorrisWritten by Colin Bostock-SmithGuest stars Millicent Martin, Marcia Warren, Max Harvey
Episode 6
A Couple of Charlies
30m7.0 / 10
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Directed by Michael Owen MorrisWritten by Gene Braunstein, Bob PerlowGuest stars Gavin Richards, Nula Conwell, Ozzie Yue
Episode 7
Oh Baby, Oh Baby
30m7.0 / 10finale
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Directed by Michael Owen MorrisWritten by Ken Cinnamon, Karen WengrodGuest stars Rosalind Ayres, Miranda Forbes, Milton Johns
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Cast
Honor BlackmanLaura West
Kellie BrightJoanna Burrows
Joe McGannCharlie BurrowsDiana WestonCaroline Wheatley
William PuttockTom Wheatley
Nicky HensonMichael WheatleyPeggy PhangoMrs. Riley
Dave AtkinsPixie
Credits
- Created by
- Blake Hunter
- Written by
- Gene Braunstein, Clay Graham, Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser, Danny Kallis, Karen Wengrod, Ken Cinnamon, Daniel Palladino, Bob Rosenfarb, Phil Doran, Michele J. Wolff, Bob Perlow, Blake Hunter, Martin Cohan, Bud Wiser, Ellen Guylas, Linda Teverbaugh, Dawn Aldredge, Joe Fisch, Colin Bostock-Smith, Paul Robinson Hunter, Adam I. Lapidus, Judith Bustany, Seth Weisbord, Alan Mandel
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 95
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
ITV1United Kingdom
Themes
housekeeperremake