Agony

Overview

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.

Cast

Bill Nighy

Vincent Fish

Peter Blake

Andy Evol

Maria Charles

Bea Fisher

Jan Holden

Diana

Maureen Lipman

Jane Lucas

Simon Williams

Laurence Lucas

Diana Weston

Val Dunn

Peter Denyer

Michael

Jeremy Bulloch

Rob Illingworth