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TV series / 1985
Mapp & Lucia
Episode directors
Donald McWhinnie
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 …
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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
Prunella ScalesMiss Elizabeth Mapp
Nigel HawthorneGeorgie Pillson
Denis LillMajor Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
Mary MacLeodGodiva 'Diva' Plaistow
James GreeneReverend Kenneth Bartlett
Cecily Hobbs'Quaint' Irene Coles
Geoffrey ChaterMr Algernon Wyse
Marion MathieMrs Susan Wyse MBE
Geraldine NewmanGrosvenor
Ken KitsonCadman
Lucinda GaneFoljambe
Geraldine McEwanEmmeline 'Lucia' Lucas · Queen Elizabeth I
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Cherry MorrisWithers
David GoodersonMr Woolgar
Paula JacobsCook
Michael LeesMayor Bullivant
Christopher HolmesWyses' Chauffeur
Carol MacReadyDaisy Quantock
Bernard CollinsMeriton
Robert VaheyMr Beresford
George MalpasCoplen
Diana PayanInnkeeper's Wife
Martin TempestFramemaker's Lad
Rosalind KnightLa Contessa Amelia Faraglione
Erika SpotswoodMaria Brocklebank
Elizabeth MorganMrs Brocklebank
James DugganKeith Godstone
Randal HerleyMr Causten
Terry GurryLabourer
Jon CroftWetherby
John RolfeMilkman
Morris BarryMr Twistevant
Derek ParkesMr Worthington
Angela RooksWyses' Parlourmaid
Annee BlottPost Office Clerk
Barbara DarnleyPost Office Clerk
Patric TurnerPercy, the Borough Surveyor
Andrew PowellGeorgie, the Gasman
Simon RobertsPoliceman
Jonathan ElsomMotorist
Mike HaywardNewsagent
Alec BregonziMr Bullock
Rowland DaviesThe Bishop
Dennis ChinneryMr McConnell, Gazette Editor
Ann RyeGazette Secretary
John OwensInspector Morrison
Stephen JacobsNavvy
David TimsonCortese
Zulema DeneDorothea Cortese
Irene HandlPoppy, Duchess of Sheffield
Anna QuayleOlga Braceley
John CarlinMayberry
Gino MelvazziVincenzo
David Wilson-JohnsonBaritone
Elizabeth GaleSoprano (voice)
Fernand MonastOpera Attendant
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