TV series
Agony
1979–1981, English, on ITV1. Created by Anna Raeburn & Len Richmond.
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
- 3
- Episodes
- 20
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Status
- Ended in 1981
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S3 E7: Rings Off Their Fingers
Aired 1 March 1981
Seasons 3
Cast & crew
- Anna RaeburnCreator
- Len RichmondCreator
- Maureen LipmanJane Lucas · 20 ep
- Simon WilliamsLaurence Lucas · 20 ep
- Maria CharlesBea Fisher · 20 ep
- Diana WestonVal Dunn · 18 ep
- Jeremy BullochRob Illingworth · 18 ep
- Jan HoldenDiana · 15 ep
- Peter BlakeAndy Evol · 14 ep
- Peter DenyerMichael · 14 ep
- Robert AustinJunior Truscombe · 13 ep
- Bill NighyVincent Fish · 7 ep
- Josephine WelcomeIndira Patel · 6 ep
- Robert GillespieMr Mince · 3 ep
Details
- First aired
- 11 March 1979
- Last aired
- 1 March 1981
- Network
- ITV1
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Scripted
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Agony has 3 seasons and 20 episodes, about 30 minutes each.
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Who created Agony?
Agony was created by Anna Raeburn and Len Richmond and stars Maureen Lipman, Simon Williams, Maria Charles.