# Please help id this Masterpiece Theater  title

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**Created:** [January 26, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-masterpiece-theater-title/286778 "2005-01-26T16:34:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-masterpiece-theater-title/286778/1 "2005-01-26T16:34:28Z")

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I’m pretty sure it’s Masterpiece Theater. If it isn’t, it is definitely British, it was on public television and it’s from the 80s (I’m thinking mid) or at the latest, early 90s. Two sisters, without parents and of course relatively poor, open a clothing store that caters to the upper crust. The series chronicles their rags to riches. I read the book, my mom saw the series, now she wants to read the book and I want to see the series. I printed out the list of Masterpiece Theater titles from [pbs.org](http://pbs.org) but none ring a bell. Anyone familiar with this book/series?

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**Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-masterpiece-theater-title/286778/2 "2005-01-26T18:04:43Z")

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[The House of Eliott](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0101123/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9SE9VU0UgT0YgRUxMSU9UfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=1;ft=21;fm=1)

I don’t think it was on Masterpiece Theatre. I saw it on A&E, I think. I’d forgotten about it until I saw your post, but I have fond memories of it.

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**Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-masterpiece-theater-title/286778/3 "2005-01-26T18:04:50Z")

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The House of Elliott.

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**Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-masterpiece-theater-title/286778/4 "2005-01-26T18:54:47Z")

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That’s it! I kept thinking the word Abbott was in the title–guess Elliott is close enough. And it doesn’t show up on the list of Masterpiece Theater series.