Honey for Tea

BBC One Ended Comedy

1 Season · 7 Episodes · Premiered January 25, 2019 · Ended April 24, 1994

On the death of her husband Harry, a Los Angeles businessman, American Nancy Belasco and her son Jake are insolvent. Much of his money is invested in St Maud's College at Cambridge University, a university he loved. So Nancy, who was born in Cambridge as the child of a GI bride, and Jake decide to go and live in Cambridge. Using her late husband's clout, Nancy gets a job as an assistant bursar, persuading the Master of the College, Sir Dickie Hobhouse, to admit Jake on a sports scholarship. This leads to clashes between Nancy and Professor Simon Latimer, who knows Jake doesn't have the academic prowess to warrant his place. Meanwhile, in a culture clash romance, Jake becomes involved with the aristocratic Hon. Lucy Courtney.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

7 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Sun, Mar 13 1994 7:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
The widow of a "corporate hoodlum" who leaves Los Angeles to take her 20-year-old son to Cambridge, England, where her late husband had invested in a college.
E02
Episode 2
Sun, Mar 20 1994 7:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
In order to keep her less than brilliant son at St Maud's, Nancy plays the college system at its own game.
E03
Episode 3
Sun, Mar 27 1994 6:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
While Jake does his best to woo Lucy, Nancy uses blackmail to get herself a pay rise.
E04
Episode 4
Sun, Apr 3 1994 6:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
A student strike over rent increases forces Nancy to take - and then change - sides.
E05
Episode 5
Sun, Apr 10 1994 6:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Assistant Chief Constable Fisher is convinced that a suspicious death at a local aerodrome suggests a drugs connection. Crabbe is not so sure.
E06
Episode 6
Sun, Apr 17 1994 6:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Nancy crusades on behalf of the poor of Cambridge while Jake is invited to meet Lucy's family.
E07
Episode 7
Sun, Apr 24 1994 6:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Nancy takes on a cleaning lady while Jake spends the weekend at Lucy's stately home.

Cast

Felicity Kendal
Felicity Kendal as Nancy Belasco
Alan David
Alan David as Dr. Basil Quinn
Caroline Harker
Caroline Harker as Lucy Courtney
Nigel Le Vaillant
Nigel Le Vaillant as Prof. Simon Latimer
Patrick McCollough as Jake Belasco
Leslie Phillips
Leslie Phillips as Sir Dickie Hobhouse
Crispin Bonham-Carter
Crispin Bonham-Carter as Charlie Chadwick
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