Butterflies - Season 2 - Eps 4: A Dog's Life
After the boys have annoyed new neighbour Mr. Conrad, Ria goes to church to rail at God about her static life and finds Mrs. Conrad is there. After almost running over a dog,Ria goes to see the doctor,who tells her to take things easy as she has nervous exhaustion. Mrs. Conrad is at the surgery too and Ria accuses her of spying on her but Mrs. Conrad explains that both visits were down to her seeking comfort for her inability to bear children.
About Butterflies

Title: Butterflies
First Air Date: 1978-11-10
Last Air Date: 1983-10-19
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.079/10 (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