The read
The series ran 1 season across 4 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
Fortysomething wife and mother Molly Pargeter leads a stable but dull life in 1980s West London. She feels overweight and there is no passion in her relationship with her husband Hugh, who is secretly seeing another woman. For most of her life, Molly has found escape in detective novels and art books, especially on 15th-century Italian fresco painter Piero Della Francesca. Suddenly, in the small ads, she spots the details of a Tuscany villa to let, and after a viewing, she takes it for holiday.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
8 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Miniseries | 4 ep1989 |
Key crew
- Martyn FriendDirector
- John MortimerScreenplay
- Nigel HessOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Susan FleetwoodMolly Pargeter
- John GielgudHaverford Downs
- Michael PenningtonHugh Pargeter
- Rosemary LeachNancy Leadbetter
- Caroline WaldronHenry Pargeter
- Veronica LazărBaronessa Dulcibene
- Suzanne HaySam Pargeter
- Samantha GlennJack Pargeter
- Siria BettiGiovanna
Themes
based on novel or bookminiseries1980s