Series 1
6 episodes · Apr 19, 1988
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S1E1A Chip in the Sugar
Apr 19, 198839mGraham is a middle-aged man with a history of mild mental health problems, living with his mother in Leeds.
S1E2A Lady of Letters
Apr 26, 198831mIrene Ruddock is not afraid to speak, or rather write, her mind: she writes letters to her MP, the police, the chemist - everyone she can, to remedy the social ills she sees around her.
S1E3Bed Among the Lentils
May 3, 198849mSusan, an alcoholic, nervous vicar's wife, distracts herself from her ambitious, and, as she sees him, vainly insensitive husband and his doting parishioners by conducting an affair with a nearby grocer, Ramesh Ramesh, discovering something about herself and God in the process.
S1E4Soldiering On
May 10, 198834mMuriel is a strong woman, and always has been — a pillar of the community, a regular charity worker, and a volunteer for Meals on Wheels; and looking after her mentally ill daughter, Margaret, has fortified her resolve — so, after the death of her husband, Muriel is well-prepared to cope with the crisis.
S1E5Her Big Chance
May 17, 198834mLesley is an aspiring actress, who, after a series of unpromising extra roles on television programmes such as Crossroads, finds what she believes to be her big break as the adventurous Travis in a new film for the West German market.
S1E6A Cream Cracker Under the Settee
May 24, 198830mDoris, aged seventy-five, is a tidy woman — and when she suffers a fall after trying to clear up after her considerably less thorough home help, Zulema, it becomes apparent that her constant nagging may have been responsible for her husband's early death.