Mind Your Manners

Contents

Host

Mrs. Harbord and Mrs. Shrager

Broadcast

RDF Television West for Channel 4, 2005

Synopsis

A rather humourless competitive manifestation of TV's current obsession with telling kids (and working class adults) how to behave. Two families are taught manners by a pair of stuck-up old c... er, "etiquette experts" and the family that manages to live by the rules best (while the cameras are around) wins a dinner service. There's also a prize for the most improved individual, which is - astoundingly - a framed photo of the Mistresses Harbord and Shrager. Token prizes for taking part are all very well, but that's just insulting.

Key moments

In the final episode, the two families finally met and got on like a house on fire - mainly because everyone involved completely ignored everything they'd been taught.

Trivia

The hosts' full names are Rosemary Shrager and Gill Harbord, but they were only credited on the show as Mrs. Shrager and Mrs. Harbord.

Web links

RDF Media: Mind Your Manners

Channel 4: Mind Your Manners

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