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The Upper Hand

1990 – 1996 · ITV1
7 seasons · 95 episodes
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Comedy

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The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and Columbia Pictures Television and broadcast by ITV from 1990 to 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss?. As in the former series, an affluent single woman, raising a son with the help of her mother, hires a housekeeper only to have a man apply for the job.

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Honor Blackman
Laura West
Kellie Bright
Joanna Burrows
Joe McGann
Charlie Burrows
Diana Weston
Caroline Wheatley
William Puttock
Tom Wheatley
Robert Beck
Dan Thatcher
Lynda Baron
Patricia Roberts / 'Auntie Pat'
Dave Atkins
Pixie
Created by Blake Hunter

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Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
First aired
May 1, 1990
Original language
EN
Country
GB

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