Mapp & Lucia (1985–1986)

Mrs Emmeline Lucas (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 (... See full summary »

Stars:

Geraldine McEwan, Prunella Scales, Nigel Hawthorne

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Geraldine McEwan	...	Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Prunella Scales	...	Miss Elizabeth Mapp (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Nigel Hawthorne	...	Georgie Pillson (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Denis Lill	...	Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Mary MacLeod	...	Godiva 'Diva' Plaistow (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
James Greene	...	Rev. Kenneth Bartlett (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Cecily Hobbs	...	'Quaint' Irene Coles (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Geoffrey Chater	...	Mr. Algernon Wyse (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Marion Mathie	...	Mrs. Susan Wyse MBE (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Geraldine Newman	...	Grosvenor (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Ken Kitson	...	Cadman (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Lucinda Gane	...	Foljambe (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Cherry Morris	...	Withers (9 episodes, 1985-1986)
David Gooderson	...	Mr. Woolgar (5 episodes, 1985)

Storyline

Mrs Emmeline Lucas (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.

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Plot Keywords:

rivalry | social climber | gossip | 1930s | neighbor | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 April 1985 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Rye, East Sussex, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

London Weekend Television (LWT)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

600 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

LWTV's adaptation of "Mapp & Lucia": a tour-de-force

E.F. Benson could never have figured that his "Mapp & Lucia" novels would have been so deliciously brought to life by Channel Four, in the television series by the same name.

For those who are especially aware of the stock 1920-30's characters (with a Mayfair edge, particularly), "Mapp & Lucia" is a treat. From the soignee social arbiter, the tweedy local matron, the all-too-effeminate best friend (petit-point tatting in hand), the ironing-board thin outre artist (a nod to Radcliffe Hall) to the supporting cast of local dwellers, "Mapp & Lucia" revels in its atmospheric production.

When given the talents of Prunella Scales, Dame Geraldine McEwan and Sir Nigel Hawthorne, who play the title characters respectively (the latter, Georgino mio), it is little wonder that the shows transport one to the mignon village of Tilling, circa 1930. And the staging is so tongue-in-cheek, that certainly the Royal National would not have been ashamed to produce it. All in all, a curio of social manners set with more aplomb than "You rang, m'lord?" (1991) and more asperity than "Jeeves and Wooster" (1989) of the same ilk.