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Butterflies
Ria Parkinson is a bored housewife and mother. She spends her time daydreaming, and meets regularly with wealthy businessman Leonard to relieve the monotony. Husband Ben, a dentist and avid butterfly collector is oblivious to it all, and her unemployed grown up sons, who both live at home also have other things on their minds, especially girlfriends.
Seasons
- Season 1 — 6 episodes (November 10, 1978)
- Season 2 — 8 episodes (October 26, 1979)
- Season 3 — 7 episodes (September 9, 1980)
- Season 4 — 7 episodes (September 7, 1983)
Cast
- Wendy Craig as Ria Parkinson
- Geoffrey Palmer as Ben Parkinson
- Nicholas Lyndhurst as Adam Parkinson
- Andrew Hall as Russell Parkinson
- Bruce Montague as Leonard Dunn
- Michael Ripper as Thomas
- Joyce Windsor as Ruby
- Brian Murphy
- Patrick McAlinney
- Cindy Oswin
Details
- Created by
- Carla Lane
- First aired
- November 10, 1978
- Episodes
- 28
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- BBC Two
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 7.2 / 10 from 21 votes
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