The date: 1930

The place: Middle England

The situation: Handbags at Dawn

Scratch the thin veneer of manners and etiquette that cover dreadful snobs, Miss Emmeline Lucas or Miss Elizabeth Mapp and you will discover a relentless driving ambition fueled entirely by malice. Cut from exactly the same cloth, their consistent striving for oneupmanship, social supremacy and the accolade of being regarded as the 'toast of the town' is only barely held in check by the necessity to observe the social niceties of the day...

Episodes include:

The Village Fete

Battle Stations

The Italian Connection

Lobster Pots

The Owl and the Pussycat

Winner Takes All

Change and Change About

Lady Bountiful

Worship

Au Reservoir, The date: 1930

The place: Middle England

The situation: Handbags at Dawn

Scratch the thin veneer of manners and etiquette that cover dreadful snobs, Miss Emmeline Lucas or Miss Elizabeth Mapp and you will discover a relentless driving ambition fueled entirely by malice. Cut from exactly the same cloth, their consistent striving for oneupmanship, social supremacy and the accolade of being regarded as the 'toast of the town' is only barely held in check by the necessity to observe the social niceties of the day...

Episodes include:

The Village Fete

Battle Stations

The Italian Connection

Lobster Pots

The Owl and the Pussycat

Winner Takes All

Change and Change About

Lady Bountiful

Worship

Au Reservoir

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