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Ria, a happily married suburban housewife, reaches the age where she feels as if life is passing her by... morePlot Keywords:
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Good example of its type moreCast
(Series Cast Summary - 7 of 11) | Wendy Craig | ... | Ria Parkinson (22 episodes, 1978-1983) |
| Geoffrey Palmer | ... | Ben Parkinson (22 episodes, 1978-1983) |
| Bruce Montague | ... | Leonard Dunn (22 episodes, 1978-1983) |
| Nicholas Lyndhurst | ... | Adam Parkinson (22 episodes, 1978-1983) |
| Andrew Hall | ... | Russell Parkinson (22 episodes, 1978-1983) |
| Joyce Windsor | ... | Ruby (13 episodes, 1978-1983) |
| Michael Ripper | ... | Thomas (11 episodes, 1978-1983) |
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30 min (28 episodes)Country:
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Australia:PGFilming Locations:
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UKFun Stuff
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Ria Parkinson: Oh yes of course, I'd forgotten. Once we're over 40 we're too old to have actual emotions. Our hormones pack up and go leaving our mouths making mindless, hysterical noises. moreSoundtrack:
Love is Like a Butterfly moreFAQ
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British comedies tend to fall into one of two main types: the quiet, introspective, usually romantic study and the farcical social satire. Settings, characters, and concepts vary but certain characteristics place the vast majority of shows into one of the two categories. Butterflies is perhaps the epitomé of the first type.
The scripts are very verbal, including long interior monologues by the main character Ria, a basically happy but unsettled housewife curious about what she might have missed out on when she embarked on a thoroughly conventional life. When she meets a successful but clumsy and emotionally accessible businessman (who makes his interest in her quite clear), she toys with the idea of finding out what the other path might have offered.
The acting and scripts are always on the money, which makes one's reaction to the show almost entirely a personal one: I was neither blown away by it nor turned off. My mother, on the other hand, adored this show. I think the degree to which one identifies with Ria's dilemma is the most important factor in determining one's reaction to Butterflies.