This volume contains episodes 14 to 17, in which Audrey is still orienting herself to her "brave new world" while keeping vigilant watch on Richard. Episode 14 further dramatizes her fallen state. Where once she and her husband picnicked on white linen, she now roughs it in the fields with "sardines and individual fruit pies." Episode 15 finds Audrey "in pugnacious form" when she organizes a protest against the shuttering of the dilapidated local railway station. Little does she know that Richard is keen on building a supermarket on the site. In episode 16, Audrey's energy-conservation drive flies in the face of Richard's recent purchase of a helicopter. Finally, Audrey plots to feather her own nest when the arrival of a rare tropical bird on the estate causes a flurry of interest.
To the Manor Born has found a welcome home on video. Impeccably acted as always, these episodes glow with the palpable affection these two natural-born antagonists come to feel for each other. --Donald Liebenson
