Set in London between 1900 and 1925, the story follows Louisa Leyton/Trotter, the eponymous "Duchess", who works her way up from servant to renowned cook to proprietress of the upper-class Bentinck Hotel in Duke Street, St. James's.
Gemma Jones
as Louisa Trotter
John Welsh
as Merriman
Richard Vernon
as Major Smith-Barton
Christopher Cazenove
as Charles Tyrrell
Mary Healey
as Mrs. Cochrane
Victoria Plucknett
as Mary
Alan MacNaughtan
as
Holly De Jong
as
Joan Benham
as
Joanna David
as
Sammie Winmill
as
Lalla Ward
as
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Episode 26
Episode 27
Episode 28
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Episode 30
Episode 31