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Battle Stations

Battle Stations

1985TV Episode⏱️ 51mTV-PG
Comedy
8.2
IMDB Rating
39 votes

Lucia is renting 'Mallards' from Mapp whilst she finds a place of her own and instantly angers Mapp when she and Georgie inform Mapp that her priceless Blumenfeld piano is little more than a hurdy-gurdy and banished from the drawi...

Director
Donald McWhinnie
Writers
E.F. Benson, Gerald Savory
Stars
Geraldine McEwan, Prunella Scales, Nigel Hawthorne
Release Date
April 21, 1985
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Geraldine McEwan
Geraldine McEwan
as Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas
Prunella Scales
Prunella Scales
as Miss Elizabeth Mapp
Nigel Hawthorne
Nigel Hawthorne
as Georgie Pillson
Denis Lill
Denis Lill
as Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
Mary MacLeod
Mary MacLeod
as Godiva 'Diva' Plaistow
James Greene
James Greene
as Rev. Kenneth Bartlett - Padre
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Cecily Hobbs
as 'Quaint' Irene Coles
Geoffrey Chater
Geoffrey Chater
as Mr. Algernon Wyse
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Marion Mathie
as Mrs. Susan Wyse MBE
Geraldine Newman
Geraldine Newman
as Grosvenor

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Chilham, Kent, England, UK
Production
Channel 4 Television Corporation, London Weekend Television (LWT)

🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

Battle Stations
by Prismark102025-04-22
6/10

"After the Elizabethan pageant in Risholme. Lucia and Georgie move to their vacation rental in Tilling. The residence they rent from Mapp is called the Mallards. It does not stop Mapp from barging in when she feels like it. Lucia decides to have the door locked even in the daytime. Lucia and Georgie learn that the Mallards is growing vegetables that Mapp is selling to the market. Lucia decides to do no further favours for Mapp. The other residents also seem to dislike Mapp's conniving. Maybe they are all falling in for Lucia's charm. So she throws a charity garden fete for the lo..."

💡 Did You Know?

Directly after the scene where Lucia and Georgie attend the Art Exhibition and we see their artworks on display, they enter the dining room at Mallards and Lucia's drawing is on the wall above the mantelpiece.

📖 Synopsis

Lucia is renting 'Mallards' from Mapp whilst she finds a place of her own and instantly angers Mapp when she and Georgie inform Mapp that her priceless Blumenfeld piano is little more than a hurdy-gurdy and banished from the drawi...