Butterflies - Season 1 - Eps 3: Thinking About a Job
Ria feels stifled at home and would like to get a job but Ben is not supportive. He got angry when he discovered the boys busking. Leonard is arrested for speeding,having given Ria a lift when her car broke down. He loses his licence and Ria applies to be his driver but the job goes to the discreet and worldly Thomas.
About Butterflies
Title: Butterflies
First Air Date: 1978-11-10
Last Air Date: 1983-10-19
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.1/10 (from 19 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 5
Total Episodes: 28
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Ria Parkinson is a bored housewife and mother. She spends her time daydreaming, and meets regularly with wealthy businessman Leonard to relieve the monotony. Husband Ben, a dentist and avid butterfly collector is oblivious to it all, and her unemployed grown up sons, who both live at home also have other things on their minds, especially girlfriends.
Cast
Wendy Craig
Ria Parkinson
Geoffrey Palmer
Ben Parkinson
Nicholas Lyndhurst
Adam Parkinson
Andrew Hall
Russell Parkinson
Bruce Montague
Leonard Dunn
Michael Ripper
Thomas
Joyce Windsor
Ruby
Brian Murphy
Patrick McAlinney
Cindy Oswin