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Agony (1979)

1979-03-11 · 30m · EN
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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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Maureen LipmanMaureen LipmanJane LucasSimon WilliamsSimon WilliamsLaurence LucasMaria CharlesMaria CharlesBea FisherDiana WestonDiana WestonVal DunnJeremy BullochJeremy BullochRob IllingworthPeter BlakePeter BlakeAndy EvolRobert AustinRobert AustinJunior TruscombeBill NighyBill NighyVincent FishJan HoldenJan HoldenDianaPeter DenyerPeter DenyerMichaelJosephine WelcomeJosephine WelcomeIndira PatelRobert GillespieRobert GillespieMr Mince

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Genre affinityComedy · DramaDialogue densityComedy · DramaPacingShortActor preference88726 · 247387 · 146883Country preferenceGbDecade preference1970

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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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Agony has a runtime of 30 minutes.

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