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Agony

Agony is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1979 to 1981. It starred Maureen Lipman as a successful agony aunt but whose own personal life and marriage is a disaster. It was written by Len Richmond, Anna Raeburn, Stan Hey and Andrew Nickolds. It was made for the ITV network by LWT. Although a comedy, Agony sometimes dealt with issues that were seen as taboo at the time 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.

Genre: Comedy, Documentary,

Actor:

Creator: Anna Raeburn,

Country: United States of America,

Type: tv

Season: 3

Episode: N/A

Duration: 30 minutes

Release: 1979-03-11

Rating: 6.5

1"Help"

1979-03-11

Jane Lucas, overworked advice columnist for Person magazine, tries to cope with her usual hectic schedule as she advises a shy transvestite and takes a phone call from her husband informing her he's leaving her.

2"An Unmarried Couple"

1979-03-18

Jane tries to get use to being alone and to deal with the reactions from an avid press and an overwrought mother.

3"Conjugal Wrongs"

1979-03-25

Laurence returns when Jane agrees to try some mechanical assistance for their lovemaking.

4"Wedlock, Deadlock"

1979-04-08

Laurence's interest in another woman at the hospital where he works prompts him to suggest that he and Jane have an open marriage agreement.

5"Forever and Never"

1979-04-15

Jane tries to balance Laurence's demands for attention with Michael and Rob's need for her to mediate a quarrel.

6"Too Much Agony, Too Little Ecstasy"

1979-04-29

Jane celebrates her birthday by taking the advice she's been giving to another woman; she leaves Laurence.

1"Back to Reality"

1980-04-13

Jane returns from vacation and decides to start dating again, but sees Laurence on a tape at a video-dating service talking about how much he loves his wife.

2"Working Girls"

1980-04-20

Val threatens to moonlight in one of Vincent Fish's erotic films when Diana refuses to give her a raise.

3"Coming Out... and Going In Again?"

1980-04-27

Michael appears anonymously on Jane's radio show to answer questions about the homosexual lifestyle, but Junior's blunder exposes his identity with devastating consequences.

4"Television Can Damage Your Health"

1980-05-04

Jane tries another medium when she makes a television pilot that goes completely off course.

5"Problem Parents"

1980-05-11

Jane helps Rob explain his homosexuality to his parents and advises her mother about a smitten Junior Truscombe.

6"Second Time Around"

1980-05-18

A religiously reformed Andy Evol returns and both he and Jane return to Happening Radio when Junior falls ill.

7"A Woman Alone"

1980-05-25

Jane is taken hostage during her radio show by a reader unhappy with her advice.