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Summer's Lease
A family's holiday in Tuscany leads in intrigue and mystery in this BBC classic
Rating: 7.2 out of 10TMDB(8 votes)
Overview
Fortysomething wife and mother Molly Pargeter leads a stable but dull life in 1980s West London. She feels overweight and there is no passion in her relationship with her husband Hugh, who is secretly seeing another woman. For most of her life, Molly has found escape in detective novels and art books, especially on 15th-century Italian fresco painter Piero Della Francesca. Suddenly, in the small ads, she spots the details of a Tuscany villa to let, and after a viewing, she takes it for holiday.
Details
- Created by
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- First aired
- November 1, 1989
- Last aired
- November 22, 1989
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia, New Zealand
Networks
Production
Cast
Susan FleetwoodMolly Pargeter
John GielgudHaverford Downs
Michael PenningtonHugh Pargeter
Rosemary LeachNancy Leadbetter- Caroline WaldronHenry Pargeter
Veronica LazărBaronessa Dulcibene- Suzanne HaySam Pargeter
Samantha GlennJack Pargeter
Siria BettiGiovanna
Gabrielle AnwarChrissie Kettering
Annette CrosbieConnie Tapscott
Denis LillKen Corduroy
Jeremy KempBuck Kettering
Massimo SarchielliDon Marco
Mel MartinRosie Fortinbras
Frederick TrevesNicholas Tapscott
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.Prince Tosti-Castelnuovo
Pupo De LucaThe Messenger
Siri NealChrissie's Friend
Elizabeth BennettMrs Marcia Tobias
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