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Butterflies (1978)

Series · 1978 · 4 seasons · Comedy

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.

Created by Carla Lane

Starring Wendy Craig, Geoffrey Palmer, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Andrew Hall, Bruce Montague, Michael Ripper, Joyce Windsor, Brian Murphy

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Series details

First aired10 November 1978
Latest episode19 October 1983
StatusEnded
Seasons4 (28 episodes)

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