She later went on to appear (from 2000 to 2003) in the series Clarissa and the Countryman, with Johnny Scott.
It was Derby Day when Clarissa came home to find her mother dead.
Then, after Jennifer Paterson died in 1999, Clarissa Dickson Wright presented the One Man And His Dog Christmas Special.
Clarissa remembered consuming “deeply unhygienic but delicious” things wrapped in banana leaves.
After her father left the house Clarissa Dickson Wright never saw him again.
"Oh my heavens," screamed Clarissa, as she jerked her old apron to her eyes.
The solemnity of her husband's assertion made Clarissa grave.
When the servant spoke, William released Clarissa, but his eyes did not leave her face.
Clarissa wants a 'real English Christmas,' she said, and poor dear!
Applauds Clarissa for the generosity of her spirit, and the greatness of her mind.