Hugh Manning

Mrs Thursday was a British television comedy-drama produced by Associated Television.

It starred veteran British actress Kathleen Harrison as Alice Thursday, a Cockney cleaning lady who inherits £10 million and the controlling interest in a multinational company upon the death of her employer. Hugh Manning played Richard Hunter, Mrs Thursday’s butler, business adviser and confidant.

The series was devised by Lord Ted Willis and featured scripts by Jack Rosenthal.

Three series of Mrs Thursday were produced. Series One was broadcast between March 15 and June 7 1966, Series Two between December 27 1966 and March 20 1967 and Series Three between October 5 and December 22 1967.

Series One is available on DVD. Series Two will be released on DVD in September 2013.