The Upper Hand is an English television sitcom with dramatic elements broadcast by ITV. Faithfully adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss?, except for the English setting it used the original scripts and a near identical studio set typical of American sitcoms, right down to the sofa facing the audience and the swing door leading to the kitchen, and the use of a guest star in each episode.
Premise
Down on his luck, former footballer Charlie Burrows moves from a deprived area of London to leafy Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire to make a better life for his teenage daughter Joanna, by taking a job as housekeeper for well-off advertising executive Caroline Wheatley. Although Caroline is unsure about employing him, her man-eating ageing mother Laura West talks her into it. Soon the two become friends, Caroline's son Tom comes to see Charlie as a father figure, and Joanna enjoys having a female influence in her life following the premature death of her mother.
Episodes
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Home media
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The Upper Hand was first released on VHS format in the United Kingdom, where three volumes containing various episodes were made available from Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment. All seven series of The Upper Hand have been released in 2010 and 2011 in the United Kingdom via Network.
VHS
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! Title
! Episodes
! # Tapes
! Release date
! BBFC<br />rating
!
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| Volume 1: The Best of Series I & II
| "Just the Job" <br/> "Caroline's First Fight" <br /> "Wedding Bells (Part 1)" <br /> "Wedding Bells (Part 2)"
| 1
| 16 January 1995
| PG
|
|-
| Volume 2: Caroline & Charlie's Romance
| "First Kiss" <br /> "The Anniversary" <br /> "Tunnel of Love" <br /> "Happy Ever After? (Part 2)"
| 1
| 6 March 1995
| PG
|
|-
| Volume 3: The Wedding
| "The Wedding"
| 1
| 1995
| PG
|
|}
DVD
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! Title
! Episodes
! # Discs
! Release date
! BBFC<br />rating
!
|-
| The Complete First Series
| 13
| 2
| 18 January 2010
| PG
|
|-
| The Complete Second Series
| 12
| 2
| 10 May 2010
| PG
|
|-
| The Complete Third Series
| 13
| 2
| 26 July 2010
| PG
|
|-
| The Complete Fourth Series
| 19
| 3
| 27 September 2010
| PG
|
|-
| The Complete Fifth Series
| 16
| 2
| 25 October 2010
| PG
|
|-
| The Complete Sixth Series
| 14
| 2
| 24 January 2011
| PG
|
|-
| The Complete Seventh Series
| 7
| 1
| 20 June 2011
| PG
|
|-
| The Complete Series
| 94
| 14
| 8 December 2014
| PG
|
|}