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Mapp & Lucia

Mapp & Lucia

★ 6.2/10•1985•1h 0m•NR•Comedy
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Deliciously mannered satire

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.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateApr 14, 1985

Episodes

E160m

The Village Fete

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.

Apr 14, 1985

E260m

Battle Stations

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.

Apr 21, 1985

E360m

The Italian Connection

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.

Apr 28, 1985

E460m

Lobster Pots

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.

May 5, 1985

E560m

The Owl and the Pussycat

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.

May 12, 1985

Actors

Geraldine McEwan

Geraldine McEwan

Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas

Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Miss Elizabeth Mapp

Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne

Georgie Pillson

Denis Lill

Denis Lill

Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint

Mary MacLeod

Godiva 'Diva' Plaistow

James Greene

James Greene

Reverend Kenneth Bartlett

Cecily Hobbs

'Quaint' Irene Coles

Geoffrey Chater

Geoffrey Chater

Mr Algernon Wyse

Marion Mathie

Marion Mathie

Mrs Susan Wyse MBE

Geraldine Newman

Grosvenor

Ken Kitson

Ken Kitson

Cadman

Lucinda Gane

Foljambe

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