Agony

Overview

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.

Series details

First air date

1979

Last air date

1981

Status

Ended

Seasons

3

Episodes

20

Episode runtime

30 min

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Original language

EN

Origin country

GB

Networks

ITV1

Created by

Anna Raeburn, Len Richmond

Production

LWT

Cast

Maureen Lipman

Jane Lucas

Simon Williams

Laurence Lucas

Maria Charles

Bea Fisher

D

Diana Weston

Val Dunn

Jeremy Bulloch

Rob Illingworth

Peter Blake

Andy Evol