Agony

• 1979 –1981
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• Ended
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• 12

• Comedy
• Drama

★ 6.6 TMDB Rating · 9 votes

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.

Created by

Anna Raeburn, Len Richmond

Seasons

3

Episodes

20

Episode length

~30m

First aired

Mar 11, 1979

Networks

ITV1

Original language

English

Origin

United Kingdom