Tears Before Bedtime
TV series
Tears Before Bedtime
1995–, English, on BBC One.
A story of middle-class professional couples who employ full-time live-in nannies to look after their children. The nannies meet up as a collective group, and often discuss their employers' habits in sordid detail. As the plot develops, it becomes clear that most of the nannies are usually stuck in the middle of domestic unsettlement, affairs, neurotic partners, and manipulation.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Episode length
- 50 min
- Status
- Still running
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Latest episode
S1 E4: Episode 4
Aired 29 January 1995
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Samantha BondSarah Baylis · 4 ep
- Adrian RawlinsDavid Baylis · 4 ep
- Emily Ruck-KeeneLily Baylis · 4 ep
- Julius GrowerWilliam Baylis · 4 ep
- Julie CoxKatherine · 4 ep
- Lesley ManvilleBeattie Freeman · 4 ep
- Richard HopeStuart Freeman · 4 ep
- Guy WitcherHugo Freeman · 4 ep
- Antonia CorriganAllegra Freeman · 4 ep
- Louise BeattieMaureen · 4 ep
- Veronica QuilliganTeresa Turner · 4 ep
- James PurefoyJimmy Turner · 4 ep
Details
- First aired
- 8 January 1995
- Network
- BBC One
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Scripted
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Tears Before Bedtime has 1 season and 4 episodes, about 50 minutes each.
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