Penelope Keith Life" during the day and perform on stage in the West End in the evening. Penelope Keith achieved popular fame in 1975 when the BBC sitcom "The Good Life" began. In the first episode, she was only heard and not seen in her role as Margo Leadbetter, but as the episodes and series went on, the scope of her role increased. In 1977, Keith won a BAFTA award for "Best Comedy Performer" for her role of Margo Leadbetter. From 1979–81, she played the lead role of Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in the TV series "To the Manor Born". Following "To the Manor
To the Manor Born the programmes that Spence wrote for featured a Cockney comedian, who had recently bought a manor house in an English country village. When holding a housewarming party, the comedian invited the previous occupant, a widow who could not afford to keep the house up and had moved to a smaller house in the village. The comedian's account of the lady, and the conversation he had with her, Spence later described as a "perfect description" of Audrey. A few years later, following the success of "The Good Life", Spence was asked by BBC Radio to come up with an idea for