A housewife frustrated with her life and her reserved dentist husband yearns for more, contemplating an affair.
Show Details:
Start date: Nov 1978
End date: Oct 1983
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC Two (UK)
Run time: 30 min
Episodes: 28 eps
Genre(s): Comedy
End date: Oct 1983
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC Two (UK)
Run time: 30 min
Episodes: 28 eps
Genre(s): Comedy
Credits:
- regulars:
- Wendy Craig as Ria Parkinson
- Geoffrey Palmer as Ben Parkinson
- Bruce Montague as Leonard Dunn
- Nicholas Lyndhurst as Adam Parkinson
- Andrew Hall as Russell Parkinson
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze •
TV.com
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ||||
| 1. | 1-1 | 10 Nov 78 | When Ria Met Leonard | |
| 2. | 1-2 | 17 Nov 78 | Breaking the Silence | |
| 3. | 1-3 | 24 Nov 78 | Thinking About a Job | |
| 4. | 1-4 | 01 Dec 78 | How About Lunch? | |
| 5. | 1-5 | 08 Dec 78 | The Lovers | |
| 6. | 1-6 | 15 Dec 78 | He'll Have to Go | |
| Season 2 | ||||
| 7. | 2-1 | 26 Oct 79 | Leaving | |
| 8. | 2-2 | 02 Nov 79 | Fox Hunting | |
| 9. | 2-3 | 12 Nov 79 | Worrying | |
| 10. | 2-4 | 19 Nov 79 | A Dog's Life | |
| 11. | 2-5 | 26 Nov 79 | Keeping Fit | |
| 12. | 2-6 | 03 Dec 79 | An Attractive Visitor | |
| 13. | 2-7 | 10 Dec 79 | Lunch with Leonard | |
| 14. | 2-8 | 22 Dec 79 | Christmas with the Parkinsons | |
| Season 3 | ||||
| 15. | 3-1 | 09 Sep 80 | An Empty Cage | |
| 16. | 3-2 | 16 Sep 80 | Ruby's Crisis | |
| 17. | 3-3 | 23 Sep 80 | Pregnancy | |
| 18. | 3-4 | 30 Sep 80 | Problems, Problems | |
| 19. | 3-5 | 07 Oct 80 | Happy Birthday, Ria | |
| 20. | 3-6 | 14 Nov 80 | Gimme Shelter | |
| 21. | 3-7 | 21 Nov 80 | Parting | |
| Season 4 | ||||
| 22. | 4-1 | 07 Sep 83 | Back from New York | |
| 23. | 4-2 | 14 Sep 83 | Amanda | |
| 24. | 4-3 | 21 Sep 83 | Pot | |
| 25. | 4-4 | 28 Sep 83 | Cleaning Windows | |
| 26. | 4-5 | 05 Oct 83 | Calling | |
| 27. | 4-6 | 12 Oct 83 | Breaking Up | |
| 28. | 4-7 | 19 Oct 83 | Loose Ends | |