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The Upper Hand

Season 2 1991

  • 1991-02-18T00:00:00Z on ITV
  • 30m
  • 6h (12 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
Charlie Burrows (Joe McGann) is an ex-professional footballer who has had to give the game up due to injury. His young wife died suddenly and he was left to raise their daughter, Joanna (Kellie Bright), on his own. When Joanna gets into yet another fight, he realizes that he needs to obtain a better way of life for her and takes a job as a housekeeper to a rich and divorced career woman, Caroline Wheatley (Diana Weston) . This gives Jo the opportunity to go to a better school and have a female role model in her life. Caroline is uptight and very repressed. She lives in a wonderful house in Henley with her son, Tom (William Puttock) and her mother, Laura (Honor Blackman) and doesn't want a 'hunk' of a male to be housekeeper even though her mother has already employed him. Of course as the show progresses we see that

12 episodes

Season Premiere

1991-02-18T00:00:00Z

2x01 Common Entrance

Season Premiere

2x01 Common Entrance

  • 1991-02-18T00:00:00Z30m

Charlie and Caroline disagree on Jo's education, but only Jo truly knows what she wants

1991-02-25T00:00:00Z

2x02 When Worlds Collide

2x02 When Worlds Collide

  • 1991-02-25T00:00:00Z30m

When Charlie's usual poker night venue is unavailable, Caroline agrees to let the lads play in her house. But things go from bad to worse

1991-03-04T00:00:00Z

2x03 Wedding Bells (1)

2x03 Wedding Bells (1)

  • 1991-03-04T00:00:00Z30m

When Michael reappears on the scene, Charlie and Laura worry that Caroline will be drawn back in again. But it turns out he is marrying someone else, in the South of France, so everyone goes there too for the wedding

1991-03-11T00:00:00Z

2x04 Wedding Bells (2)

2x04 Wedding Bells (2)

  • 1991-03-11T00:00:00Z30m

Michael wants joint custody of Tom, which would mean him spending half his life in France, but there is still the boy's turn as best man to come yet

1991-03-18T00:00:00Z

2x05 Cupid's Arrows

2x05 Cupid's Arrows

  • 1991-03-18T00:00:00Z30m

Caroline and Charlie are both invited on blind dates for Valentine's Day, and are both shocked when they see who their date is. But who is the mysterious person paying for all this?

1991-04-07T23:00:00Z

2x06 The Babysitter

2x06 The Babysitter

  • 1991-04-07T23:00:00Z30m

When Charlie and Caroline go to a school meeting, Joanna tries to persuade them that she at 13 is old enough to babysit the 9 year old. But lady luck is not on her side

1991-04-14T23:00:00Z

2x07 Playing to Win

2x07 Playing to Win

  • 1991-04-14T23:00:00Z30m

He's a little too much like his mother, and all work and no play makes Tom a dull boy. So Charlie tries to come up with ways to involve him in team activities.

1991-04-21T23:00:00Z

2x08 The Heiress

2x08 The Heiress

  • 1991-04-21T23:00:00Z30m

Laura receives £50 000 from the will of a mystery benefactor, but is there a hidden truth behind this gift?

1991-04-28T23:00:00Z

2x09 A Friend in Need

2x09 A Friend in Need

  • 1991-04-28T23:00:00Z30m

An annoying neighbour turns up after being dumped by her husband, but she forgets all her troubles for a while when she gets so close to Charlie.

1991-05-05T23:00:00Z

2x10 And the Winner Is...

2x10 And the Winner Is...

  • 1991-05-05T23:00:00Z30m

Caroline can't cope with losing yet again, especially when there's a winner in the very same house

1991-05-12T23:00:00Z

2x11 She's My Girl

2x11 She's My Girl

  • 1991-05-12T23:00:00Z30m

Tom brings a girl home to impress her with Charlie's cookies, but the worm turns when she is instead impressed with Charlie himself

1991-05-19T23:00:00Z

2x12 The Anniversary

2x12 The Anniversary

  • 1991-05-19T23:00:00Z30m

It's the one year anniversary of Charlie's arrival, and Caroline is determined to give him a break from cooking for once, but nothing goes to plan.

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