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.

Cast & crew

G

Gerald Savory

Creator

Prunella Scales

Miss Elizabeth Mapp

Nigel Hawthorne

Georgie Pillson

Denis Lill

Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint

M

Mary MacLeod

Godiva 'Diva' Plaistow

James Greene

Reverend Kenneth Bartlett

C

Cecily Hobbs

'Quaint' Irene Coles

Geoffrey Chater

Mr Algernon Wyse

Marion Mathie

Mrs Susan Wyse MBE

G

Geraldine Newman

Grosvenor

Ken Kitson

Cadman

L

Lucinda Gane

Foljambe

Geraldine McEwan

Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas

C

Cherry Morris

Withers

David Gooderson

Mr Woolgar

Paula Jacobs

Cook

Michael Lees

Mayor Bullivant

C

Christopher Holmes

Wyses' Chauffeur

C

Carol MacReady

Daisy Quantock

B

Bernard Collins

Meriton

R

Robert Vahey

Mr Beresford

Seasons

10 episodes

Series 11985 · 5 episodes

Series 21986 · 5 episodes