Agony is a British sitcom produced by LWT for ITV, broadcast from 1979 to 1981. It stars Maureen Lipman as successful agony aunt Jane Lucas, whose own personal life and marriage is a disaster. It was written by Len Richmond, Anna Raeburn, Stan Hey and Andrew Nickolds. Although a comedy, Agony sometimes dealt with taboo issues such as drug use, racism, abortion, interracial relationships, and swinging, and was the first British sitcom to portray a gay couple as non-camp, witty, intelligent and happy people. It also openly mocked the government, the ruling classes, and religion, and occasionally contained dark and dramatic storylines.

Cast & crew

A

Anna Raeburn

Creator

L

Len Richmond

Creator

Maureen Lipman

Jane Lucas

Simon Williams

Laurence Lucas

Maria Charles

Bea Fisher

D

Diana Weston

Val Dunn

Jeremy Bulloch

Rob Illingworth

Jan Holden

Diana

Peter Blake

Andy Evol

Peter Denyer

Graham Simpson

R

Robert Austin

Junior Truscombe

Bill Nighy

Vincent Fish

J

Josephine Welcome

Indira Patel

Robert Gillespie

Mr Mince

Seasons

20 episodes

Series 11979 · 6 episodes

Series 21980 · 7 episodes

Series 31981 · 7 episodes