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.
Agony (1979)
Anna Raeburn
At a glance
Countries
United Kingdom
Ratings
TMDB users
6.1/10
8 votes
Rating consensus
61/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~61/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Maureen Lipman
Jane Lucas
Simon Williams
Laurence Lucas
Maria Charles
Bea Fisher
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Agony (1979)
Anna Raeburn
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