Artsnight: A Tribute To Carla Lane. Carla Lane. Copyright: BBC
Carla Lane

Carla Lane

  • English
  • Writer and executive producer

Known for: Bless This House (Writer), Bread (Writer), The Liver Birds (Writer), Butterflies (Writer), Solo (Writer)

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Butterflies. Image shows from L to R: Adam Parkinson (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Ben Parkinson (Geoffrey Palmer), Russell Parkinson (Andrew Hall), Ria Parkinson (Wendy Craig). Copyright: BBC
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Comedy Rewind: Soft and gentle as a sigh - revisiting Butterflies

Sunday 6th June 2021

A look back at Butterflies, Carla Lane's masterpiece. The four series of the sitcom see Wendy Craig and Geoffrey Palmer portray a marriage where not everything is as rosy as it could be.

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