Agony
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1979 - 1981
- 20 episodes (3 series)
Jane Lucas is a radio and magazine agony aunt whose problems seem to eclipse those of her 'patients'. Stars Maureen Lipman, Simon Williams, Maria Charles, Peter Blake, Jeremy Bulloch and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Help
Jane is under fire from all sides: both her husband and mother are complaining that she works too much and pays them little attention, whilst her editor at Person Magazine admonishes her for her casual, unkempt appearance.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 11th March 1979
- Time
- 9:15pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Maureen Lipman | Jane Lucas |
| Simon Williams | Laurence Lucas |
| Maria Charles | Bea |
| Peter Blake | Andy Evol |
| Jeremy Bulloch | Rob |
| Peter Denyer | Michael |
| Jan Holden | Diana |
| Diana Weston | Val |
| Robert Gillespie | Mr. Mince |
| Laurence Harrington | Gary |
| Ken Halliwell | Guard |
| Len Richmond | Writer |
| Anna Raeburn | Writer |
| John Reardon | Director |
| John Reardon | Producer |
| Geoff Beames | Editor |
| Colin Monk | Production Designer |
| Sheila McIntosh | Casting Director |
| Sue Formston | Costume Designer |
| Bryan Love | Lighting Designer |
| Graham Field | Composer |
Press
Agony is luckily a wide-awake, wise-cracking comedy with a cracking good comedienne Maureen Lipman, something in the Stritch style.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 12th March 1979