Summer's Lease 35 years old
Molly Pargeter is a forty-something wife and mother of three girls, who 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 she has found escape in detective novels and books on art, especially about the fifteenth century Italian fresco painter Piero Della Francesca. Then in a newspaper's small ads Molly sees the details of a villa in Tuscany, Italy to let and after travelling to Italy to view the villa "La Felicita" she decides to take it for the family's August holiday.
Credits
Gabrielle Anwar
Chrissie Kettering
John Gielgud
Haverford Downs
Leslie Phillips
William Fosdyke
Susan Fleetwood
Molly Pargeter
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Gabrielle Anwar She was 19 , now 54 years old | as Chrissie Kettering |
| Feodor Chaliapin, Jr. He was 84 , 86 years old when he died | |
| John Gielgud He was 85 , 96 years old when he died | as Haverford Downs |
| Leslie Phillips He was 65 , now 100 years old | as William Fosdyke |
| Susan Fleetwood She was 45 , 51 years old when she died | as Molly Pargeter |
| Denis Lill He was 47 , now 82 years old | |
| Jeremy Kemp He was 54 , 84 years old when he died | |
| Rosemary Leach She was 53 , 81 years old when she died | as Nancy Leadbetter |
| Mel Martin She was 42 , now 77 years old | |
| Annette Crosbie She was 55 , now 90 years old | as Connie Tapscott |
| Frederick Treves He was 64 , 86 years old when he died |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| John Mortimer Writing He was 66 , 85 years old when he died | Writer |
| Martyn Friend Directing He was 46 , now 82 years old | Director |
Summer's Lease (35 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1989-11-01
- Runtime: [55] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 4