Butterflies
Butterflies
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Butterflies

7.1 / 10
1978
4 seasons
28 episodes
Comedy

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.

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Lunchtime row - Butterflies - BBC classic comedy

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  • When Ria Met Leonard

    1.When Ria Met Leonard

    10-11-197830m

    Adam has crashed his car and Ben and Russell have not spoken to each other in almost a year. In a cafe she meets charming businessman Leonard Dutton, who makes her feel good about...

  • Breaking the Silence

    2.Breaking the Silence

    17-11-197830m

    One reason that makes Ria feel less than good about herself is that she is a bad cook. She has to use emotional blackmail to get the family to eat her apple sponge but her latest c...

  • Thinking About a Job

    3.Thinking About a Job

    24-11-197830m

    Ria feels stifled at home and would like to get a job but Ben is not supportive. He got angry when he discovered the boys busking. Leonard is arrested for speeding,having given Ria...

  • How About Lunch?

    4.How About Lunch?

    01-12-197830m

    Leonard leaves a note on the windscreen of Ria's car,suggesting they have lunch together. Unfortunately the car is being used by her sons,who are puzzled by the note and it never r...

  • The Lovers

    5.The Lovers

    08-12-197830m

    Russell feels very strongly that a sculpture The Lovers,being exhibited locally,should not be sold to an American millionaire. After another row with Leonard,Ria joins Russell at t...

  • He'll Have to Go

    6.He'll Have to Go

    15-12-197830m

    Adam has had a poodle perm and has taken to wearing a crash helmet around the house so that Ben does not find out. However Ben has been told by a male patient that,in order to keep...

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