Agony (TV series)
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- This article is about the British sitcom. For other uses, see Agony (disambiguation).
| Agony | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Creator(s) | Len Richmond Anna Raeburn |
| Starring | Maureen Lipman Simon Williams Maria Charles Peter Blake |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Original run | 11 March 1979 – 1 March 1981 |
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| IMDb profile | |
Agony was a British sitcom that starred Maureen Lipman that lasted for three series from 1979 to 1981. It was written by Len Richmond & Anna Raeburn, Stan Hey and Andrew Nickolds. It was made for the ITV network by LWT. In 2004, it came 92nd in Britain's Best Sitcom. It is not currently available on DVD.
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[edit] Cast
- Maureen Lipman - Jane Lucas
- Simon Williams - Laurence Lucas
- Maria Charles - Bea Fisher
- Peter Blake - Andy Evol
- Jeremy Bulloch - Rob
- Peter Denyer - Michael
- Diana Weston - Val Dunn
- Jan Holden - Diana
- Robert Austin - Junior Truscombe (series 2 and 3)
- Bill Nighy - Vincent Fish (series 2)
[edit] Plot
Maureen Lipman played Jane Lucas, an agony aunt, who is highly successful in her career working at radio call-in show (for Happening Radio 242) in London and for magazine Person, but whose personal life is a shambles. Her Jewish mother, Bea, interferes in all aspects of her life and her psychiatrist Christian husband Laurence is unreliable, all the people she works with are tireless self-promoters including the libidinous journalist Vincent Fish. Other characters included the editor of Person magazine Diana, secretary Val Dunn, radio colleague Andy and her gay neighbours Rob and Michael. Agony was the first British sitcom to portray a gay couple as non-camp, witty, intelligent and happy people.
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Series One (1979)
- Help (11 Mar 79)
- An Unmarried Couple (18 Mar 79)
- Conjugal Wrongs (25 Mar 79)
- Wedlock, Deadlock (8 Apr 79)
- Forever and Never (15 Apr 79)
- Too Much Agony, Too Little Ecstasy (29 Apr 79)
[edit] Series Two (1980)
- Back to Reality (13 Apr 80)
- Working Girls (20 Apr 80)
- Coming Out... and Going In Again? (27 Apr 80)
- Television Can Damage Your Health (4 May 80)
- Problem Parents (11 May 80)
- Second Time Around (18 May 80)
- A Woman Alone (25 May 80)
[edit] Series Three (1981)
- From Here to Maternity (18 Jan 81)
- Arrivals and Departures (25 Jan 81)
- Hospital Romances (1 Feb 81)
- Communications Breakdown (8 Feb 81)
- Holy Wars (15 Feb 81)
- Lucas v Lucas (22 Feb 81)
- Rings Off Their Fingers (1 Mar 81)
[edit] Agony Again
Agony was revived in 1995, this time on the BBC as Agony Again. For information on this see Agony Again. In addition, Agony was remade for American television under the name The Lucie Arnaz Show, with Len Richmond as the writer. This ran for six episodes on CBS in 1985 and starred Lucie Arnaz.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
- British TV Comedy Guide for Agony
