British Comedy Guide
It's Awfully Bad For Your Eyes, Darling.... Image shows left to right: Pudding (Jane Carr), Clover Mason (Elizabeth Knight), Bobby Dutton (Jeremy Lloyd), Samantha (Joanna Lumley), Dominic (Jonathan Cecil). Credit: BBC
It's Awfully Bad For Your Eyes, Darling...

It's Awfully Bad For Your Eyes, Darling...

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1971
  • 7 episodes (1 series)

Flatshare sitcom about a group of girls from well-off backgrounds. Stars Jane Carr, Jennifer Croxton, Elizabeth Knight, Joanna Lumley, Jeremy Lloyd and Jonathan Cecil

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It's Awfully Bad For Your Eyes, Darling.... Image shows left to right: Pudding (Jane Carr), Clover (Elizabeth Knight), Bobby Dutton (Jeremy Lloyd), Samantha (Joanna Lumley), Dominic (Jonathan Cecil). Credit: BBC

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1971
Channel
BBC 1
Episodes
7 (1 pilot + 1 series)
Stars
Jane Carr, Jennifer Croxton, Elizabeth Knight, Joanna Lumley, Jeremy Lloyd and Jonathan Cecil
Writers
Jilly Cooper and Christopher Bond
Director
Leon Thau
Producer
Leon Thau
Company

The domestic trials and tribulations of a group of single women sharing a flat in London.

From differing well-off backgrounds, Samantha, Pudding, Virginia and Clover are embracing modern life, men, and money. But when does life ever go to plan?

Additional details

Part of

Comedy Playhouse

Also known as
  • Comedy Playhouse: It's Awfully Bad For Your Eyes, Darling...
Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 15th April 1971 at 7:45pm on BBC One

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