Ida Willis accepts the job of housekeeper come cleaner for young married couple, Robert and Angela. Ida spits something familiar about Robert, and makes an unexpected connection.
What a lovely show this is to watch, it's incredibly light hearted, it's funny, and it's terribly sweet. It's not the funniest comedy you will ever see, but it certainly has its moments, it is totally inoffensive, and just such an easy show to watch and giggle away too.
I'm sure most of us will watch it for one reason all e, the presence of Mollie Sugden, and of course she's brilliant, for those thinking it's an ITV show written for Mrs Slocombe, it isn't, she is so different, Ida is not Betty.
Aside from Mollie, the regular cast are pretty good, especially Clare Richards and Harold Godwin, the pair are amusing. Blake and Lonsdale sometimes feel a little more like eye candy, but both are competent.
Funny episodes across all five series, but I think it's perhaps fair to say the earlier ones are by far the better.
I think if you love Mollie you can very much enjoy this often overlooked little gem.
7/10.
