Sitcom following dissatisfied housewife Ria Parkinson as she considers embarking on an exciting romantic affair with successful businessman Leonard. Stars Wendy Craig, Geoffrey Palmer, Bruce Montague, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Andrew Hall and more.
Wendy Craig stars as Ria, a suburban housewife frustrated with mundane family life, craving some escape from the drudgery. As hard as she tries she has never mastered the domestic arts and her well-meant efforts in the kitchen result in spectacular disaster. Husband Ben and layabout sons Russell and Adam...
Includes all four series of the popular television series, in which housewife Ria Parkinson craves excitement to escape the banality of her mundane life.
Features episodes from the fourth series of the programme where a housewife craves excitement to escape the banality of her mundane life.
Features the complete episodes from the third series of the programme where a housewife craves excitement to escape the banality of her mundane life.
The complete second series of this classic English sitcom that established writer Carla Lane as the most consistently successful comedy writer of her era. First shown in the 1970s, Ria Parkinson continues to pursue escape from her domestic chores but nevertheless finds herself presiding over a slow, tragicomical breakdown of...
The complete first series of this loveable sitcom revolving around a bored housewife, Ria Parkinson (Wendy Craig), as she searches for some excitement in her domesticated life, a quest that always seems to be hindered by the demands of her husband and sons. Written by Carla Lane.
Home-baked pies, cakes and biscuits play an important part in good family cooking but for the busy mum they are often the most daunting of foods to prepare. It is nice to think that the children will grow up to remember the wonderful goodies that mum used to bake but...
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Faced with the problems of feeding a family, the busy mum is often at her wit's end. Another meal looms and she hasn't an idea in her head. Or the children rush in from school, crying 'Mummy, I'm starving!# and they're due out again in ten minutes. What can she...
This product has been discontinued.