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Artsnight: A Tribute To Carla Lane. Carla Lane. Copyright: BBC
Carla Lane

Carla Lane

  • English
  • Writer and executive producer

Carla Lane features

...And Mother Makes Three. Image shows from L to R: Simon Harrison (Robin Davies), Sally Harrison (Wendy Craig), Peter Harrison (David Parfitt). Copyright: Thames Television Features

Comedy Rewind: ...And Mother Makes laughter

Sunday 26th May 2024

Between two BBC sitcom hits, Wendy Craig starred in a popular 1970s ITV comedy ...And Mother Makes Three, and its sequel, Five, as the frequently flustered widow and mother, Sally Harrison.

Butterflies. Image shows from L to R: Adam Parkinson (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Ben Parkinson (Geoffrey Palmer), Russell Parkinson (Andrew Hall), Ria Parkinson (Wendy Craig). Copyright: BBC Features

Comedy Rewind: Soft and gentle as a sigh - revisiting Butterflies

Sunday 6th June 2021

Tim Dawson looks back at Butterflies, Carla Lane's sitcom masterpiece. The four series see Wendy Craig and Geoffrey Palmer portray a marriage where not everything is as rosy as it could be.

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