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The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and Columbia Pictures Television 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, raising a son with the help of her mother, hires a housekeeper only to have a man apply for the job.

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Episodes

Season 1

13 episodes

S1 E1 · Just the Job

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S1 E2 · Briefless Encounter

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S1 E3 · Dinner for Two

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S1 E4 · The Old Girl Network

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S1 E5 · Caroline's First Fight

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S1 E6 · Who's Who

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S1 E7 · Growing Pains

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S1 E8 · Paint Your Wagon

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S1 E9 · Welcome Home (1)

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S1 E10 · Welcome Home (2)

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S1 E11 · Just Like Charlie

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S1 E12 · First Kiss

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S1 E13 · Requiem

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Season 2

12 episodes

S2 E1 · Common Entrance

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S2 E2 · When Worlds Collide

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S2 E3 · Wedding Bells (1)

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S2 E4 · Wedding Bells (2)

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S2 E5 · Cupid's Arrows

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S2 E7 · The Babysitter

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S2 E8 · Playing to Win

After a school report, Charlie tries to involve Tom in team activities.

S2 E9 · The Heiress

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S2 E10 · A Friend in Need

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S2 E11 · And the Winner Is...

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S2 E12 · She's My Girl

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S2 E13 · The Anniversary

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Season 3

13 episodes

S3 E1 · Bedtime Story

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S3 E2 · First Date

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S3 E3 · Once Bitten, Twice Shy

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S3 E4 · Older Than Springtime

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S3 E5 · Neighbours

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S3 E6 · Old Flames

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S3 E7 · Wheels

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S3 E8 · The Honeymooners

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S3 E9 · The Whiz Kid

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S3 E10 · Family Ties

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S3 E11 · The Proposal

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S3 E12 · Business and Pleasure

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S3 E13 · Pillow Talk

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Season 4

19 episodes

S4 E1 · Come Dancing

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S4 E2 · Blind Date

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S4 E3 · Sex, Lies and Exercise Tape

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S4 E4 · Summoned to the Head

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S4 E5 · The Girl Next Door

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S4 E6 · Charlie's Auntie's Uncle

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S4 E7 · Match of the Day

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S4 E8 · Surprise, Surprise

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S4 E9 · The Fugitive

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S4 E10 · You Shall Go to the Ball

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S4 E11 · To Let or Not to Let

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S4 E12 · Big Bad Burrows

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S4 E13 · Working Girls

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S4 E14 · A Model Grandmother

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S4 E15 · The Manageress

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S4 E16 · Wish You Were Here

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S4 E17 · A Walk on the Mild Side

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S4 E18 · Take Your Pick

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S4 E19 · Tunnel of Love

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Season 5

16 episodes

S5 E1 · Not in Front of the Children

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S5 E2 · Misery

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S5 E3 · Cheers

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S5 E4 · Duck Soup

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S5 E5 · Minder

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S5 E6 · Wheel of Fortune

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S5 E7 · The Price Is Right

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S5 E8 · Housewife's Choice

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S5 E9 · Who's the Boss?

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S5 E10 · The Far Pavillion

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S5 E11 · The Porridge Diet

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S5 E12 · Mixed Doubles

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S5 E13 · Full House

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S5 E14 · Keep It in the Family

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S5 E15 · Happy Ever After? (1)

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S5 E16 · Happy Ever After? (2)

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Season 6

15 episodes

S6 E1 · Moonlighting

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S6 E2 · Fatal Attraction

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S6 E3 · Granny Get Your Gun

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S6 E4 · Surgical Spirit

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S6 E5 · Father of the Bride (1)

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S6 E6 · Father of the Bride (2)

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S6 E7 · Married...With Parents

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S6 E8 · No Place Like Home

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S6 E9 · Hard Times

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S6 E10 · Hit the Road

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S6 E11 · Home Improvement

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S6 E12 · Quantum Leap

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S6 E13 · Second Thoughts

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S6 E14 · The Wedding

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S6 E15 · The Wedding Part 2

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Season 7

7 episodes

S7 E1 · A Lion Called Laura

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S7 E2 · Friends

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S7 E3 · In Marriage We Trust

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S7 E4 · The Chunnel of Love

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S7 E5 · Nobody's Child

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S7 E6 · A Couple of Charlies

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S7 E7 · Oh Baby, Oh Baby

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