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.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Help
11-03-197930mJane Lucas, overworked advice columnist for Person magazine, tries to cope with her usual hectic schedule as she advises a shy transvestite and takes a phone call from her husband...
- Ep 2
2.An Unmarried Couple
18-03-197930mJane tries to get use to being alone and to deal with the reactions from an avid press and an overwrought mother.
- Ep 3
3.Conjugal Wrongs
25-03-197930mLaurence returns when Jane agrees to try some mechanical assistance for their lovemaking.
- Ep 4
4.Wedlock, Deadlock
08-04-197930mLaurence's interest in another woman at the hospital where he works prompts him to suggest that he and Jane have an open marriage agreement.
- Ep 5
5.Forever and Never
15-04-197930mJane tries to balance Laurence's demands for attention with Michael and Rob's need for her to mediate a quarrel.
- Ep 6
6.Too Much Agony, Too Little Ecstasy
29-04-197930mJane celebrates her birthday by taking the advice she's been giving to another woman; she leaves Laurence.
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