TV series

Mapp & Lucia

Name: Mapp & Lucia
Released: 1985
Cast: Geraldine McEwan, Prunella Scales, Nigel Hawthorne, Denis Lill, Mary MacLeod

1985–1986· 2 seasons· 60 min episodesNR★ 6.2Ended

On Channel 4 — From LWT

Deliciously mannered satire

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Synopsis

Mapp & Lucia is a British television comedy, based on E. F. Benson's novels, beginning with the eponymous 1931 entry for series 1, with Lucia's Progress and Trouble for Lucia for series 2. Mrs Emmeline Lucas (nicknamed Lucia) has just moved to the small English town of Tilling where she comes into conflict with the social ambitions of Miss Elizabeth Mapp. Until now, Miss Mapp has led (and controlled) the social life of Tilling, but that was before they met Lucia.

Themes

based on novel or book small town seaside town 1930s sussex

Episodes

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E1 The Village FeteNext upApr 14, 1985 · 60 min
Synopsis
Still mourning the death of her husband nine months ago Lucia decides to get away from the village where she lives for a while and rent a place in another part of England. She takes her best friend, Georgie, along with her and they both fall in love with the place. They decide that they will both rent places there for the summer and return to home to participate in the village fete before moving out.
Guest stars: Carol MacReady (Daisy Quantock), Robert Vahey (Mr Beresford), Diana Payan (Innkeeper's Wife)
E2 Battle StationsApr 21, 1985 · 60 min
Synopsis
Lucia and Georgie move to their rented homes in Tilling and it is not long before Lucia and Miss Mapp are competing against each other in games of oneupmanship.
Guest stars: Paula Jacobs (Cook), Carol MacReady (Daisy Quantock), Robert Vahey (Mr Beresford), George Malpas (Coplen), Martin Tempest (Framemaker's Lad), Geraldine McEwan (Queen Elizabeth I)
E3 The Italian ConnectionApr 28, 1985 · 60 min
Synopsis
Lucia holds her garden party, in Mapp's garden, and it is a success. Her happiness is soon brought back to earth when Mapp gleefully tells her that the Contessa Faraglione is coming to visit Tilling and that the two of them will be able to talk Italian to each other. When he hears this news Georgie starts to panic, after all if she speaks Italian to him, or Lucia, it will soon become apparent that, despite what they have told everyone, he cannot speak Italian and that Lucia knows very little more.
Guest stars: Rosalind Knight (La Contessa Amelia Faraglione), Erika Spotswood (Maria Brocklebank), Elizabeth Morgan (Mrs Brocklebank)
E4 Lobster PotsMay 5, 1985 · 60 min
Synopsis
Lucia decides that life in Tilling is more exciting then her home village and finds a small place to buy. Georgie is upset by this and has to decide whether he wants to do the same. A party at Lucia's new home leads to Mapp trying anything she can to get hold of Lucia's recipe for Lobster. This leads to the two of them finding themselves stuck in the house during a raging flood.
Guest stars: Paula Jacobs (Cook), James Duggan (Keith Godstone), Randal Herley (Mr Causten), Terry Gurry (Labourer)
E5 The Owl and the PussycatMay 12, 1985 · 60 min
Synopsis
After months lost at sea, Mapp and Lucia return to Tilling, much to the surprise of all the residents who had thought that they had died. They both plan evenings where they will tell their memoirs of their adventure, versions that differ quite dramatically from each other.
Guest stars: Paula Jacobs (Cook), George Malpas (Coplen), Jon Croft (Wetherby), John Rolfe (Milkman)