Mann's Best Friends

When Henry Mann inherits The Laurels he also inherits its assorted resident oddballs, who include ill-tempered alcoholic Duncan, blonde temptress Dolly Delights and several Chinese waiters. Then comes the arrival of retired Water Board official Hamish James Ordway, a nosey parker and colossal fusspot with a flair for what he euphemistically calls 'organisation' and Mann offers him free accommodation at The Laurels in return for straightening out the chaos prevailing within...

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Season 1 poster — Season 1
April 15 1985

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Fulton Mackay photo — Fulton Mackay
Hamish James Ordway

Barry Stanton photo — Barry Stanton
Henry Mann

Bernard Bresslaw photo — Bernard Bresslaw
Duncan

Barbara Hicks photo — Barbara Hicks
Mrs. Mann

Patricia Brake photo — Patricia Brake
Dolly Delights

Clive Merrison photo — Clive Merrison
Irvin

Liz Smith photo — Liz Smith
Mrs. Anstruther

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