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Agony

Name: Agony
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1979-03-11
Rating: 6.556
Cast: Maureen Lipman, Simon Williams, Maria Charles

Comedy Drama~30 min

Seasons

Episodes

Networks

ITV1

Countries

First aired

1979-03-11

Last aired

1981-03-01

Language

Rating

6.6 / 10

Episode release dates

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Synopsis and details

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.