The Upper Hand

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The Upper Hand
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Martin Cohan Blake Hunter
Starring	Joe McGann Diana Weston Honor Blackman Kellie Bright William Puttock
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	7
No. of episodes	94 (list of episodes)
Production
Production location	Television House[1]
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	Central in association with Columbia Pictures Television (Seasons 1-5) Columbia TriStar Central/Carlton Productions (Seasons 6-7)
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	1 May 1990 (1990-05-01) – 14 October 1996 (1996-10-14)
Related
Who's the Boss?
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The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom with dramatic elements broadcast by ITV from 1 May 1990 to 14 October 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss?

As in the former series, affluent single woman Caroline Wheatley, raising her son with the help of her mother Laura West, hires a housekeeper and a man called Charlie Burrows applies for the job.^[2]