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Agony
Agony is a British sitcom produced by LWT for ITV, broadcast from 1979 to 1981. It stars Maureen Lipman as successful agony aunt Jane Lucas, whose own personal life and marriage is a disaster. It was written by Len Richmond, Anna Raeburn, Stan Hey and Andrew Nickolds. Although a comedy, Agony sometimes dealt with taboo issues such as drug use, racism, abortion, interracial relationships, and swinging, and was the first British sitcom to portray a gay couple as non-camp, witty, intelligent and happy people. It also openly mocked the government, the ruling classes, and religion, and occasionally contained dark and dramatic storylines.
Seasons
- Series 1 — 6 episodes (March 10, 1979)
- Series 2 — 7 episodes (April 12, 1980)
- Series 3 — 7 episodes (January 17, 1981)
Cast
- Maureen Lipman as Jane Lucas
- Simon Williams as Laurence Lucas
- Maria Charles as Bea Fisher
Details
- Created by
- Anna Raeburn and Len Richmond
- First aired
- March 11, 1979
- Episodes
- 20
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Network
- ITV1
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 6.6 / 10 from 9 votes
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