Honey for Tea

British sitcom television series

Honey for Tea
Genre	Sitcom
Starring	Felicity Kendal Nigel Le Vaillant Leslie Phillips Patrick McCollough Caroline Harker
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	13 March (1994-03-13) – 24 April 1994 (1994-04-24)

Honey for Tea is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 in 1994. Starring Felicity Kendal, it was written by Michael Aitkens. The series was poorly received at the time, receiving a particularly scathing review from Victor Lewis-Smith in the London Evening Standard. He later described Felicity Kendal's attempt at an American accent as 'Britain's revenge' for Dick Van Dyke's cockney accent in Mary Poppins.

Cast

Felicity Kendal – Nancy Belasco
Nigel Le Vaillant – Prof. Simon Latimer
Leslie Phillips – Sir Dickie Hobhouse
Patrick McCollough – Jake Belasco
Caroline Harker – The Hon. Lucy Courtney
Alan David – Dr. Basil Quinn
Tess Dignan – Jill McSweeney
Crispin Bonham-Carter – Charlie Chadwick
Helena Little – Prof. Debbie Newman
Brenda Bruce – Mary Harris
Bernard Lawrence – Lord St Clair
April Walker – Lady St Clair

Plot

On the death of her husband Harry, a Los Angeles businessman, American Nancy Belasco and her son Jake are insolvent. Much of his money is invested in St Maud's College at Cambridge University, a university he loved. So Nancy, who was born in Cambridge as the child of a GI bride, and Jake decide to go and live in Cambridge. Using her late husband's clout, Nancy gets a job as an assistant bursar, persuading the master of the college, Sir Dickie Hobhouse, to admit Jake on a sports scholarship. This leads to clashes between Nancy and Professor Simon Latimer, who knows Jake doesn't have the academic prowess to warrant his place. Meanwhile, in a culture clash romance, Jake becomes involved with the aristocratic Hon. Lucy Courtney.