The Upper Hand (TV series)
| The Upper Hand | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Starring |
Joe McGann Diana Weston Honor Blackman Kellie Bright William Puttock |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 94 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Videotape; multicamera |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 (576i) |
| Original release | 1 May 1990 – 14 October 1996 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Who's the Boss? |
The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and Columbia Pictures Television (then as Columbia TriStar Central Productions) and broadcast by ITV from 1990 to 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss?.
As in the former series, an affluent single woman Caroline Weatley, raising her son with the help of her mother Laura West, hires a housekeeper only to have a man called Charlie Burrows apply for the job.
Down on his luck former footballer Charlie Burrows (Joe McGann) moves from a deprived area of London to leafy Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire to make a better life for his daughter, Joanna (Kellie Bright), taking a job as housekeeper for well-off advertising executive Caroline Wheatley (Diana Weston). Although Caroline is unsure about employing him, her man-eating mother Laura West (Honor Blackman) talks her into it. Soon the two become friends, with Caroline's son Tom (William Puttock) coming to see Charlie as a father figure, and Joanna enjoying having a female influence in her life.
Both Caroline and Charlie repeatedly attempt to find love elsewhere, denying their blossoming feelings for one another. For years they lead the viewer on a will-they-won't-they chase, lasting until the end of the sixth series, when the pair marry. After initial plans to end the series there, ITV commissioned a seventh series featuring Charlie and Caroline as husband and wife, which went beyond the premise of the original American version.
The theme music was written by Debbie Wiseman. A piano version of the theme titled Joe & Diana was released in 2011 on her album Piano Stories.
The seven series of The Upper Hand have been released in 2010 and 2011 by Network DVD.
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