First air date: Sep 04, 1976
Episode duration: 00h 50m
Rating: (7.818) based on 11 votes
Status: Ended Seasons: 2
Episodes: 31
Starring: Gemma Jones, John Welsh, Richard Vernon, Christopher Cazenove, Mary Healey
Created by: John Hawkesworth
Genre: Drama
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.
