You Rang, M'Lord?

You Rang, M'Lord? is a British comedy television series, written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. The series ran, after a pilot episode in 1988, from 1990 to 1993 on theBBC, starring many of the same actors as in previous series of this writing duo, such as Dad's Army and ''[http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHi-De-Hi! Hi-De-Hi!], or if in sets which Croft were written, such as [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F%2527Allo_%2527Allo! ' Allo ' Allo!]and Are You Being Served? ''.

You Rang, M'Lord? 's four series were made, although the series was less popular in the United Kingdom than other products of Croft and Perry. Each time the episodes lasted fifty minutes left for a slightly more complex plot; the story lines are wider and deeper than in their other sitcoms.

The beginning of You Rang, M'Lord? tune was sung by Bob Monkhouse, in dixieland-style.



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[hide] *1 Background  ==Background[ Edit] == The series revolves around the aristocratic Meldrum family and its attendants; the spot is driven with the upstairs and downstairs-system that then existed. Much of the humor arises from the contradictions between the nobles and their servants. The story takes place in the interwar period, the 1920s so. The old aristocracy is trying to go back to the life of the fin de siècle, but after the first world war, much has changed. There is social unrest by the contrasts between progressive and conservative, and on the other hand, the cheerful Aufschwung, the economic recovery that a carefree atmosphere created (the roaring twenties ). ==Characters[ Edit] == Read warning: text below contains details about the content and/or the end of the story.===The servants[ Edit] === ===The aristocrats<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Other characters<span class="mw-editsection" len="352" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">At the end of the series allows one for the stock market crash of 1929: the many intrigues are have come to light, Teddy is married and the family has had to save with Rose; the servants searching their fortune elsewhere. In the last episode gives a speech in which he Lord Meldrum with midnight supper are expresses confidence in the future: the factory is saved from bankruptcy, and 1929 is undoubtedly a top year. One year later, Ivy and Mr Twelvetrees together.
 * 2 Characters
 * 2.1 the servants
 * 2.2 the aristocrats
 * 2.3 other characters
 * Alf Stokes (Paul Shane): he is Lord Meldrum, butler and the head of the servant staff. Is the father of Ivy, which, however, only in the course of the series gets out. He is a gluiperd, which on the wine of his boss is.He proclaims his Communist sympathies but is actually an opportunist. Despite the fact that he, as much as possible to fill his own pockets, he also helps others.
 * James Twelvetrees (Jeffrey Holland): the livery servant. He is hyper correct in everything and very conservative, and is in love with Miss Poppy. He served together with Alf in the trenches.
 * Ivy Teasdale (Su Pollard): the clumsy maid and actually the main character of the series. She is naive but has a good heart. She is the daughter of Alf Stokes, the butler, but that should remain secret. She feels what Mr Twelvetrees.
 * Mrs. Blanche Lipton (Brenda Cowling): the Cook. She has been working at Meldrum since she was a young kitchen maid was. She is a tough Lady and feels quite elevated above her subordinates and certainly above Mabel. Across the street, she is known for her cherry cake. She has a brief relationship with Alf Stokes, but leaves him after that he has deceived her; at the end of the series she marries with P.C. Wilson.
 * Mabel Wheeler (Barbara New): a neglected old kitchen help that is actually locked out by the other servants. She is very public and makes vulgar comments. However, she gets the support of Ivy and her father, who for her coming on. Because they have no resident staff is, they don't get the same treatment. They constantly begs for food, but she has to make do with small scraps left over from eating. Her stop word (or stopzin) is: "I have eaten in no times still * * *" (= I can't remember the last time I had some * * *). All that reverses when Lady Lavender thinks she is of nobility. From then on, she is treated by everyone as Lady Mabel, of course Ms Lipton jealous.
 * Henry Livingstone (Perry Benson): he grew up in an orphanage. In the household, he is the Assistant to Mr Twelvetrees. He is young and constantly gets hits by Stokes, Twelvetrees and Mrs Lipton. He is anything but naive and quite cynical. He finds Ivy very nice.
 * Lord George Meldrum (Donald Hewlett): the pater familias, widower, has a rubber factory but know little of the doings in the family or among the service staff. He flirts with Lady Agatha, who married. He stands on his origins and maintains connections with the rest of the House of Lords. He wants his brother marries a Lady of stand, preferably Madge Cartwright. He tries to come in the governance of the BBC. To achieve this he invites many (boring) bishops out on dinner.
 * The Venerable Teddy Meldrum (Michael Knowles): Mister Teddy, the brother of Lord Meldrum. He wears brightly coloured suits and has a monocle and he is obsessed with maids, with the result that he for a time behind Ivy attached. He is a bon vivant, which is actually no leg sticking out. His great love is Rose, the maid of Madge Cartwright.
 * Lady Lavender (Mavis Pugh): the elderly mother of Lord Meldrum who never leaves her room and Ivy every time with the food comes bring her pelt. Lady Lavender constantly retrieves memories of Victorian times, they tarried governed by King "Georgie". She calls Ivy, Ethelhas a parrot named "Captain" and wait for a year or forty on Captain Dalby, to whom they are in eighteen hundred-and-so much has written a letter.Surprisingly turns up Captain Dalby in one of the last episodes actually on. Lady Lavender possesses a large part of the shares of the rubber company.
 * Poppy Meldrum (Susie Brann): a frivolous child with an insufferable character, is manipulative and is livid when she doesn't get her way. The sister of Cissy. She plays all the time with the feelings of Mr. Twelvetrees, who pile on her.
 * Cissy Meldrum (Catherine Rabett): an obvious lesbian socialiste, who advances to Ivy undertakes, which this in turn does not understand. She wears a monocle, has always had a pants or a costume, and often choose the side of the service personnel. She is the sister of Poppy. Halfway through the series, she is a candidate for the municipal elections as a member of the Socialist Workers ' Party (United Workers Party).Thanks to the support of the servants is being elected. Although the sexuality of Cissy never crossed the name is called, is her role-like those of John Inman as Mr. Humphries in Are You Being Served-considered important in the emancipation of homosexual characters in British comedy.
 * P.C. Wilson (Bill Pertwee): the District agent, to regularly to visit Mrs Lipton. His affection for her rests largely on his appetite. He also takes care of the funeral ceremony of Captain, the Parrot of Lady Lavender.
 * Madge Cartwright (Yvonne Marsh): the wife of Lord Meldrum predestined by Mister Teddy. The latter sees this however absolutely not sit and is committed to to her escape. She is also the boss of Rose, and is furious when she discovers that that has a relationship with her "Twinning".
 * Jerry (John d. Collins): the silly fiance of Miss Poppy.
 * Lady Agatha Shaw cross (Angela Scoular): the wife of Sir Ralph, but she has an affair with Lord Meldrum.
 * Sir Ralph Shaw cross (John Horsley): the husband of Lady Agatha, he trusts his wife not; in the end he discovers that she has a relationship with Lord Meldrum.
 * Charles (Frank Williams): the Bishop. Kent Lord Meldrum from the House of Lords, and comes home to regularly collect money for the needy ladies. Also organises a bediendebal (again for the benefit of the home of the needy women).
 * Miss Penelope Barrington Blake (Sorel Johnson): the (lesbian) sweetheart of Miss Cissy. She comes from a noble and wealthy family.