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Butterflies

1978–1983 · 4 seasons

A gentle, wistful sitcom that drifts between quiet domestic comedy and a soft ache of dissatisfaction, easy to sink into.

Created by
Carla Lane
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Wendy Craig, Geoffrey Palmer, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Overview
Ria Parkinson is a bored housewife and mother. She spends her time daydreaming, and meets regularly with wealthy businessman Leonard to relieve the monotony. Husband Ben, a dentist and avid butterfly collector is oblivious to it all, and her unemployed grown up sons, who both live at home also have other things on their minds, especially girlfriends.

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Created by
Carla Lane
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Wendy Craig, Geoffrey Palmer, Nicholas Lyndhurst
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • love
  • betrayal
  • parenthood
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Created by
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Written by
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Starring
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Length
4 seasons, 28 episodes, 30 min each
Network
BBC Two
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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